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Squadron Leader JAMES HUGHES KIRTON

Service Number: 41771
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DESBOROUGH CEMETERY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Sec. H. Grave 1.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Hughes Kirton and Violet Kathleen Kirton; husband of Frances Kirton of Barnt Green, Worcestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HIS ABSENCE A SILENT GRIEF
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Buried or commemorated at

DESBOROUGH CEMETERY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Northamptonshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 13
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