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Sergeant GILBERT JOSEPH ORTON

Service Number: 1495406
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

210 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGRES CEMETERY

Portugal

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Henry and Germaine Orton, of Ward End, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM, O LORD; MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGRES CEMETERY
Portugal
Number of casualties: 2
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