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Flight Sergeant GEORGE EDWARD APPLETON

Service Number: 548102
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (WEST ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. R. Grave 281.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Rose N. Appleton, and stepson of Fred Buckle, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription HIS MEMORY IS OUR GREATEST TREASURE IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER
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