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Flight Lieutenant ARTHUR FRANK SANDEN SOMERS

Service Number: 120609
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

145 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XXI. F. 11.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Joseph and Phyllis Dorothy Somers, of Chislehurst, Kent. His brother Derek Street Somers also fell.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HIS SACRIFICE PROVE ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS PERFECTING MANKIND
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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