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Leading Aircraftman RICHARD ELMHURST HAWKER SMITH

Service Number: 520580
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

39 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 April 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

K. 2.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Hawker Smith and Bessie Spencer Hawker Smith, of Farnham, Surrey. M.I.E.E.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS FINISHED THE COURSE, HE HAS KEPT THE FAITH
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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