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Sergeant RONALD EDWARD HOWSON

Service Number: 1437112
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

75 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILZE-EN-RIJEN (GILZE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Grave 1.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Beatrice May Howson, of Leicester. His brother Douglas William also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY THEIRS WAS A GREAT SACRIFICE. SOME DAY WE SHALL UNDERSTAND
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Buried or commemorated at

GILZE-EN-RIJEN (GILZE) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 10
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