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Flying Officer WILLIAM PETER COBBAW FINLAYSON

Service Number: 164363
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (EASTWOOD) NEW CEMETERY

Sec. G. Grave 497.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Finlayson, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM GOD GRANT HIS SACRIFICE BE NOT IN VAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

GLASGOW (EASTWOOD) NEW CEMETERY
Glasgow United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 117
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