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Leading Aircraftman ERIC ARTHUR SAMWELLS

Service Number: 1523597
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

6341 Light Warning Unit

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

4. C. 20.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas Samwells and Charlotte Annie Samwells, of East Acton, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription ERIC'S DEAR BODY RESTS HERE AMONG FRIENDS, NOT DEAD BUT LIVING GLORIOUSLY
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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