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Pilot Officer DESMOND FRANCIS FITZGERALD

Service Number: 121136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

115 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

3. F. 10.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Gerald and Florence Maud Fitzgerald, of South Harrow, Middlesex. His brother Colin Gerald also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription "BUT DAY SHALL CLASP HIM WITH STRONG HANDS, AND NIGHT SHALL FOLD HIM IN SOFT WINGS"
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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