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Flying Officer LEWIS KENNETH KERSHAW

Service Number: 47459
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

26 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUXI-LE-CHATEAU NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lewis Kershaw and of Mary Dowsley Kershaw (nee McKay), of Shenfield, Essex. Formerly 2/Lt. The Devonshire Regt. His brother Eric Stanley also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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Buried or commemorated at

AUXI-LE-CHATEAU NEW COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 4
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