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Leading Aircraftman DESMOND HARRY STILES

Service Number: 1453242
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

123 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 February 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

8. L. 3.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Frederick and Anne Catherine Elisabeth Stiles, of Wood Green, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON. WITHOUT FAREWELL HE FELL ASLEEP
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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