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Sergeant WILLIAM HENRY JAMES FRANKLIN

Service Number: 522061
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

150 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EAST BRIDGFORD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

Grave 2A.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards British Empire Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Comdr. Cyril Prescott Franklin, D.S.O., R.N., and Florence Marjorie Franklin, of Radlett, Hertfordshire. His brother John Michael also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER, JOHN MICHAEL SUB - LIEUT., R.N., WAS KILLED IN H.M.S. "GLORIOUS" 9.6.1940 AGE 21
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