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Lieutenant LIONEL LIFFORD KAY STRAW

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

25th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY

XVII. B. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Major William Pennington Straw, of Hill Crest, Natal. Also served in German East Africa with South African Horse.
  • Personal Inscription HE FLEW FROM US TO ANOTHER WORLD WHERE HE AWAITS OUR COMING
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Buried or commemorated at

CEMENT HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3615
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