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Leading Aircraftman FRANCIS WILLIAM WATKIN

Service Number: 625205
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

98 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PREFAILLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 52.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Francis Henry and Alice Louisa Watkin, of Derby.
  • Personal Inscription MAY THE SUNSHINE YOU MISSED ON LIFE'S JOURNEY, BE FOUND IN GOD'S HAVEN OF REST
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Buried or commemorated at

PREFAILLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique France
Number of casualties: 73
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