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Leading Aircraftman JOHN FREDERICK SPURR

Service Number: 1536449
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 1.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Ada Spurr, of Kettering, Northamptonshire; husband of Joan Patricia Spurr, of Kettering.
  • Personal Inscription BLESS THEM, O LORD, WHO, AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL, TO SERVE THEE HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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