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Sergeant WILLIAM ATKINSON COCKBURN

Service Number: 1001188
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

77 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave V. E. 4-5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Ellen Cockburn, of Edinburgh. His brother, John Gillies Cockburn also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY
Luxembourg Belgium
Number of casualties: 668
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