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Sergeant ALFRED ELKINGTON

Service Number: 1166810
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

640 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (SAFFRON HILL) CEMETERY

Sec. C. Cons. Grave 250.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Lily Elkington, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR SON. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS, HIS MEMORY WILL LIVE FOREVER
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Buried or commemorated at

LEICESTER (SAFFRON HILL) CEMETERY
Leicestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 83
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