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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM RODNEY LOUIS COOMBES

Service Number: 614366
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY

Sec. Z.K. Grave 3.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rodney and May Coombes, of St. Thomas's Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription TO A YOUNG LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END, HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND. DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 411
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