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Lieutenant RICHARD ERROL GRITTEN

Service Number: 581885V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

27 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

O. 171.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Walter C. Gritten and Ivy Gritten, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription "OR IF ON JOYFUL WING CLEAVING THE SKY, SUN, MOON AND STARS FORGOT, UPWARD I FLY"
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