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Sergeant WILLIAM ERNEST MAY

Service Number: 1605742
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

576 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 07 March 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

30. D. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles and Florence May, of Dagenham, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS GREATEST GIFT, AN UNFINISHED LIFE. FOR EVER IN OUR MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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