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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM HENRY BUCKLAND

Service Number: 1360425
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

691 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY

Sec. L. Grave 705.

United Kingdom

1360425 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN WILLIAM HENRY BUCKLAND. 691 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE VOLUNTEER RESERVE. Date of death: 30th August 1944 Age: 29. The headstone is legible and generally clean. Some splashback, which I will attend to in the next 5 days. No apparent damage. A grass grave clear of detritus. A stone flower pot and metal poppy to the front. The grave is flat & easily accessible. Nothing untoward with the stone/grave. No CWGC action required.

Photographer: Eain Findlay

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Mary Buckland, of Swindon; husband of Irene Buckland, of Swindon.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE SINCERELY IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE THAT I LEFT, IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

SWINDON (WHITWORTH ROAD) CEMETERY
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 51
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