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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM ARTHUR SMITH-CROSS

Service Number: 943141
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 10 October 1941

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEANOR CEMETERY

Class B. Grave 4390.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Eleanor Cross, of Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL HIS LIFE HE GAVE FOR ONE AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

HEANOR CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 27
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