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Sergeant LEONARD MAIDEN

Service Number: 643941
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

576 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row C. Grave 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Elsie Maiden, of Airedale, Castleford, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "BORN OF THE SUN - THEY LEFT THE VIVID AIR SIGNED WITH THEIR HONOUR" CAROLINE
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Buried or commemorated at

MARQUISE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 167
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