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Sergeant WILLIAM (BILL) COSGROVE

Service Number: 629330
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

38 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

23. B. 3.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Bridget Cosgrove, of Newmarket, Co. Cork, Irish Republic; husband of Doreen Cosgrove.
  • Personal Inscription IN FOND AND LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON BILL WHOSE LOSS WE DEEPLY REGRET R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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