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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM GROVES

Service Number: 1521665
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTCHEFSTROOM MILITARY CEMETERY

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Drummond Groves and Margaret Orr Groves, of Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription TO A HAPPY YOUNG LIFE CAME THE SUDDEN CALL "SURE AND STEADFAST" LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

POTCHEFSTROOM MILITARY CEMETERY
North West South Africa
Number of casualties: 128
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