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Pilot Officer ROGER WILLIAM BURTON

Service Number: 78440
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

85 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUERRIEU BRITISH CEMETERY

Row E. Grave 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Cathrine Alice Burton, of Cockfosters, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription WINGS OF THE MORNING
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Buried or commemorated at

QUERRIEU BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 200
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