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Sergeant WILFRED BAKES

Service Number: 1381154
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SHIPLEY (NAB WOOD) CEMETERY

Sec. C. Grave 350.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and May Bakes; husband of Constance Margaret Bakes, of Middleton, Ilkley.
  • Personal Inscription THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

SHIPLEY (NAB WOOD) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 76
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