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Squadron Leader ALEXANDER LUMSDEN FRANKS

Service Number: 26053
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

610 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

7. F. 15.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Air Force Cross
  • Additional Info Son of James Gordon Franks and of Margaret Franks (nee Fitzgibbon); husband of Kirsten Franks.
  • Personal Inscription "AMONG THE VERY BRAVE, THE VERY TRUE"
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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