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Warrant Officer JOHN GILLIES COCKBURN

Service Number: 591939
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

297 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1946

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY

Grave. K. 206.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Ellen Cockburn, of Edinburgh. His brother, William Atkinson Cockburn, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER WILLIAM SGT. AIR GUNNER, R.A.F. WAS KILLED OVER BELGIUM 20.12.1943 AGE 23
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