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Sergeant HORACE GEORGE ANSELL

Service Number: 1472439
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

138 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ECORCEI CHURCHYARD

Grave 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick George and Winnie Ansell, of Broadstairs, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
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Buried or commemorated at

ECORCEI CHURCHYARD
Orne France
Number of casualties: 12
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