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Flight Lieutenant DESMOND FRED RUCHWALDY

Service Number: 127048
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1946

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY

Plot 39. Sec. H. Row D. Grave 237.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Fred and Norah Evelyn Ruchwaldy; husband of Josephine Anne Ruchwaldy, of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription HE AND HIS FAITHFUL FRIENDS MET DEATH FOR US. THE BEAUTY OF A SPLENDID MAN ABIDES
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Buried or commemorated at

BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY
Somerset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 315
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