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Leading Aircraftman ALFRED ELLIS SHIRES

Service Number: 1059955
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

42 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 February 1943

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

3. F. 14.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lilias Shires; husband of A. Shires, of Denny, Stirlingshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS COURAGE, HIS SPIRIT COULD NOT BE BROKEN AND WILL LIVE IN OUR HEARTS TO BE A TOKEN
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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