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Sergeant DEREK JOSEPH CRAVEN

Service Number: 581207
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1940

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENSON (ST. HELEN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION

Row F. Grave 7.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Simpson Craven and Louisa Craven, of Cleveleys, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription ABIDE WITH ME
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Buried or commemorated at

BENSON (ST. HELEN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Oxfordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 53
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