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Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN EDWARD HIRD

Service Number: 1681157
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

210 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ACTON CEMETERY

Section M, Row Q, Grave 52.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry William and Florence Elizabeth Hird, of Acton.
  • Personal Inscription AN EXAMPLE OF GREAT COURAGE TO US ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

ACTON CEMETERY
Middlesex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 142
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