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Flight Sergeant PHILIP GEORGE SHORT

Service Number: 1322044
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

211 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 January 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 5.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick George and Kate Short, of Reading, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WORTHY OF THE NAME THEY BORE, WE WITH MEETEST PRAISE HONOUR THEM FOR EVERMORE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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