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Squadron Leader HAROLD GORTON

Service Number: 120984
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

49 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 November 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

5A. B. 6.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Arthur and Serena Gorton; husband of Carmen Mary Lilian Gorton, of Llanvetherine, Monmouthshire. M.A. (Oxon.), D.P.A. (Bristol).
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS. THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED ON THE OTHER SIDE
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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