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Sergeant RICHARD FAIRHURST

Service Number: 1057396
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

214 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WESTERNIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY, DE MARNE

Grave N.475.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Fairhurst, and stepson of Hannah Fairhurst, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

WESTERNIELAND GENERAL CEMETERY, DE MARNE
Groningen Netherlands
Number of casualties: 10
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