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Sergeant MELROSE VANCE

Service Number: 1823455
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIGGAR CEMETERY

Sec. A. Grave 245.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Vance, of Biggar.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MELROSE. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

BIGGAR CEMETERY
Lanarkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 8
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