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Sergeant JOHN JAMES SILLENDER

Service Number: 1049056
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

50 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 18. F. 11-17.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Isaac and Lillian Sillender, of Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription THE GLORY OF A COURAGE UNAFRAID WAS IN HIS FACE AND IN HIS LIFE DISPLAYED
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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