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Flying Officer LEONARD WHETTON

Service Number: 172971
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

626 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 6. B. 11-14.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Ann Whetton; husband of Marjorie Whetton, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD; AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Bayern Germany
Number of casualties: 2970
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