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Sergeant JAMES WILLIAM CORNTHWAITE

Service Number: 1379128
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

158 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

10A. H. 7.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and May Isabell Cornthwaite, of Whitburn, Co. Durham; husband of Doris Cornthwaite.
  • Personal Inscription SO, CLOTHED ABOUT WITH PERFECT LOVE, THE ETERNAL END SHALL FIND US ONE
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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