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Sergeant WILLIAM ERNEST HANKIN

Service Number: 1819276
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1944

Buried or commemorated at

NOTTINGHAM SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Sec. N.30. Grave 46.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Hankin; stepson of Mrs. M. M. Hankin, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END. HE LIVED AS HE DIED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

NOTTINGHAM SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 195
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