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Sergeant MELVILLE TANNER

Service Number: 581480
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CLYDACH-ON-TAWE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

Grave 683.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William James Tanner and Florrie Tanner, of Clydach-on-Tawe. His brother, Samuel Arthur Raymond, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER RAYMOND, AGE 30 FLYING OFFICER, R.A.F. LOST OVER FRANCE, 21.9.1943 "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
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Buried or commemorated at

CLYDACH-ON-TAWE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Glamorganshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 10
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