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Sergeant WILLIAM GOODSON ATKINS

Service Number: 1582830
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

432 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 January 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

6. C. 5.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred R. Atkins and Margaret May Atkins, of Sparkhill, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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