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Pilot Officer FRANCIS BERNARD EDWARDS

Service Number: 159033
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

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

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

11. C. 2.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bernard Lawrence Edwards and Kathleen Edwards, of Chestfield, Whitstable, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription "I HOPE TO SEE MY PILOT FACE TO FACE WHEN I HAVE CROST THE BAR"
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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