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Sergeant ERNEST WILLIAM JAMES HORTON

Service Number: 519808
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY

Grave 72.

Zimbabwe

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest William and Elizabeth Ann Horton, husband of Winifred Horton, of Braunstone, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND, DADDY OF CHRISTINE. "DEATH IS BUT A GATEWAY"
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Buried or commemorated at

BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 170
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