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Sergeant WILLIAM DAVID BRACKEN

Service Number: 1457457
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

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

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

6. A. 7.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Miles and Lucy Annie Bracken, of Farnhill, Yorkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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