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Flight Lieutenant GILBERT WILLIAM WALENN

Service Number: 73022
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

Coll. grave 9. A.

Poland

Great Escaper headstones in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland - used for 'Legacy of Liberation' online initiative, 2019

Photographer: Scott Smith, CWGC

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Twice Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Gilbert and Aida Walenn, of Hampstead Garden Suburb, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT AND BELOVED SON
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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