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Air Mechanic 2Nd Class R S BLIGHT

Service Number: 30241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

30th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

XII. C. 3.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Henry Blight and his wife Mary Samson; husband of Hilda A. Bodicott (formerly Blight), of 10, Caversham Rd., Kingston-on-Thames. Born in Jersey.

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Buried or commemorated at

BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 7420
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