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Sergeant RAYMOND NORMAN RAY THAIN

Service Number: 1291218
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

258 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1942

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 8.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred George and Ethel Miriam Thain, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription RAY, OUR BELOVED HERO, SO NEAR IN OUR HEARTS. "THY WINGS ARE NOW HIS REFUGE"
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