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Pilot Officer HARRY WALDO YIELDER

Service Number: 47362
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

600 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

22. A. 2.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK: selected headstones photographed by Ian Small, 29 June 2019. Pilot Officer Harry Waldo Yielder was British Indoor Pole Vault Champion, 1939.

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred Waldo Yielder and Millicent Yielder, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. Honours Diploma in Physical Education, Loughborough; British Indoor Pole Vault Champion, 1939.
  • Personal Inscription "WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL? WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?" (KIPLING)
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