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Flight Lieutenant ALAN JAMES CHILD

Service Number: 116134
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

35 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

2A. C. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Richard and Ethel Maud Child, of Mitcham, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE AS HE LIVED IT; GLORIOUSLY. WE SALUTE HIM. DAD, MUM, BILL AND ERN.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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