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Sergeant FRANCIS CYRIL COMPTON

Service Number: 1322681
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

35 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 6. D. 1-20.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Edgar and Elsie Beatrice Compton, of Paulsgrove, Portsmouth.
  • Personal Inscription GOD GRANT ETERNAL REST TO HIS SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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