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Sergeant DEREK SUNDISH LYFORD

Service Number: 1394171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 05 January 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY

Eur. War Graves Plot. Grave 87.

Zimbabwe

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gordon Oliver and Blanche Lyford, of Edgware, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN ETERNAL LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE. DEATH IS BUT THE GATEWAY TO LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY
Zimbabwe
Number of casualties: 261
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