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Sergeant TOM WILLIAM HIRST

Service Number: 567589
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 1.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Hirst; husband of Muriel G. Hirst, of Walton, Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBRANCE IS A GOLDEN CHAIN THAT BINDS US TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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