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Flight Sergeant JOHN STANLEY SPRIGGS

Service Number: 1449550
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 23 January 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY

Sec. A. Grave 543.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Dr. Neville Ivens Spriggs and Emily Jane Spriggs, of Leicester; husband of Eleanor Myfanwy Spriggs.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL? WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY
Cheshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 581
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