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Squadron Leader DAVID MILLEDGE ILLSLEY

Service Number: 41349
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

47 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 3.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Milledge Illsley and Sophia Milberry Illsley, of Nictaux Falls, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS . . . THERE BY HIS LOVE O'ERSHADED SWEETLY HIS SOUL SHALL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 284
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