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Flying Officer WILLIAM MILTON HENDERSON

Service Number: 132361
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

271 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHERBOURG OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 6. Row E. Grave 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Henderson, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

CHERBOURG OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Manche France
Number of casualties: 87
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