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Sergeant WILFRED OWEN SHORTLAND

Service Number: 562875
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

15 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

6. C. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Robert and Susannah Shortland; husband of Florence Elizabeth Shortland, of Limbury, Bedfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ARE ALL THAT IS LEFT OF ONE LOVED AND NOT FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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