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Aircraftman 2Nd Class GORDON DESMOND COLES

Service Number: 618330
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

59 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRICOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 3.

France

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Miles and Dorothy Coles, of Hampstead, London. His brother Miles George also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER MILES WAS LOST AT SEA 18TH NOVEMBER 1942 AGE 25 WE WILL MEET AGAIN
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