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Sergeant WILLIAM RISHTON

Service Number: 1066150
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

101 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 2. F. 20-21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Pte. Edward Rishton, The East Lancashire Regt. (killed in action in France, 11th April, 1917), and of Frances Rishton, of Accrington, Lancashire; husband of Nora Rishton, of Accrington.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OUR CHILDREN MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
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