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Sergeant WILLIAM THOMAS WHITING

Service Number: 1180652
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row 4. Grave 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Winifred Whiting, of Oxford.
  • Personal Inscription THANK YOU, DEAR SON, FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. WE SHALL LOVINGLY REMEMBER AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 112
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