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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM CLEGHORN GILPIN

Service Number: 968152
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 February 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THORN (ABBEY) CEMETERY

Sec. D. Old Part. West Border. Grave 81.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Annie Milroy Gilpin, of Kitscoty, Alberta, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS TODAY TO SAVE OUR TOMORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

THORN (ABBEY) CEMETERY
Renfrewshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 50
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