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Leading Aircraftman DESMOND OWEN

Service Number: 1148747
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1947

Buried or commemorated at

SMETHWICK (UPLANDS) CEMETERY

Plot 23. Cons. Class C. Grave 12935.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Maud Emily Owen, of Smethwick.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END. HE DIED AS HE LIVED, EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

SMETHWICK (UPLANDS) CEMETERY
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 187
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