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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM FRANCIS PEARSE

Service Number: 1013029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

62 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1942

Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI

9. C. 9.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Faith Elizabeth Pearse; husband of Olga Mary Annie Pearse, of Truro, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, BELOVED, TAKE THY REST, WE LOVED THEE WELL BUT JESUS LOVES THEE BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
India
Number of casualties: 860
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