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Sergeant GEORGE POPPLESTON

Service Number: 1005744
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

70 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 8. F. 3-7.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Peter Christopher and Susanna Poppleston; husband of Pauline Poppleston, of Wigan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE WILL REMEMBER HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1393
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