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Sergeant ERNEST COOKSON

Service Number: 987398
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

14 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 November 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

2. D. 8.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eleanor Cookson, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS SMILING, ALWAYS KIND, BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND. MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SUEZ WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 947
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