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Corporal RICHARD SAMUEL JAMES

Service Number: 1430693
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHREWSBURY GENERAL CEMETERY

Extn. Plot 13. Grave 215.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Teresa James, of Shrewsbury.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GRANT TO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

SHREWSBURY GENERAL CEMETERY
Shropshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 278
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