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Sergeant LESLIE ERIC BASFORD

Service Number: 1223167
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

640 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERWEN-EN-AERDT (TOLKAMER) GENERAL CEMETERY

Row A. Grave 13.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Lottie Basford, of Northampton.
  • Personal Inscription "BE PREPARED" GOOD NIGHT, GOD BLESS
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Buried or commemorated at

HERWEN-EN-AERDT (TOLKAMER) GENERAL CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 8
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