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Sergeant JAMES WOODBURN WHITLEY

Service Number: 978030
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

550 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

5. B. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Erle Whitley and Constance Mary Whitley, of Mollington, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

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