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Sergeant DOUGLAS DARRAH PETTIT

Service Number: 1895178
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

462 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY

I. E. 9.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Charles and Ada Sophie Pettit; husband of Amy Maybn Pettit, of Shinfield, Berkshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HE LIVETH YET; WE LOVED HIM TOO DEARLY TO EVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTON WAR CEMETERY
Luxembourg Belgium
Number of casualties: 668
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