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Pilot Officer DAVID ELLIS BLOCKLEY

Service Number: 175588
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

76 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-FLIBEAUCOURT CHURCHYARD

Coll. grave.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Jane Blockley, of Chirbury, Montgomeryshire.
  • Personal Inscription "THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS WHOSE GOODNESS FAILETH NEVER"
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-FLIBEAUCOURT CHURCHYARD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7
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