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Pilot Officer RICHARD COLTON ALEXANDER

Service Number: 172294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

44 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1944

Buried or commemorated at

ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row A. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of A. C. Alexander and Jessie Alexander; nephew of Mr. C. J. Colton, of Queniborough, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LEAVES A WHITE UNBROKEN GLORY, A GATHERED RADIANCE, A WIDTH, A SHINING PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ORLEANS MAIN CEMETERY
Loiret France
Number of casualties: 98
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