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Flying Officer WILLIAM JOHN LAKE

Service Number: 135654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

12 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 6. B. 3-7.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Louisa Jane Lake, of Islington, London. His brother Henry Herbert also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription THE BLOW WAS BITTER THE SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVE SO DEAR
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