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Sergeant EDWARD RONALD BACKHOUSE

Service Number: 1253305
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

57 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

1. B. 10.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Edward and Marie Helen Backhouse, of West Chiltington Common, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription "THE WORLDLY HOPE MEN SET THEIR HEARTS UPON, TURNS ASHES." OMAR KHAYYAM
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Buried or commemorated at

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