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Leading Aircraftman YOUSIF ALI

Service Number: 1873001
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1947

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

2A. D. 5.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK: selected headstones photographed by Ian Small, 29 June 2019. Leading Aircraftman Y. Ali an Indian who served in the RAF throughout the 2nd world war and died of illness in 1947.

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mahamed Cassie Ali and Babe Ali ; husband of Ethel Emma Ali, of Shepherd Bush London.
  • Personal Inscription "FOR GOD WE ARE AND TO HIM WE RETURN" IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7048
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