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Flight Lieutenant WILLIAM ALFRED COLSON

Service Number: 141402
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

97 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WILLESDEN NEW CEMETERY

Sec. E. Grave 2342.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Gladys Colson; husband of Florence Amelia Colson, of Washford, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND WHO DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. R.I.P.
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