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Leading Aircraftman JAMES ROBERT KNOWLES

Service Number: 988694
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 28 November 1942

Buried or commemorated at

WHEATLEY CARR (INGHAMITE) CHURCHYARD

Sec. 7V. Grave 147.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Tunstill Knowles and Susannah Knowles, of Nelson.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

WHEATLEY CARR (INGHAMITE) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 54
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