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Sergeant RICHARD ABEL

Service Number: 549202
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1940

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

14. F. 12.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ellen Abel, of Runcorn, Cheshire; nephew of William Robinson, of Runcorn.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY'S GARDEN HE SLEEPS IN PEACE, A DAY SAD TO RECALL
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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