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Warrant Officer LESLIE GRIMSHAW

Service Number: 1002285
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

47 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

2. J. 13.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Alice Grimshaw, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription DISTANT IS YOUR GRAVE TO VIEW BUT NOT TOO DISTANT TO THINK OF YOU
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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