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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM RATCLIFFE

Service Number: 1481189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1944

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAALA CEMETERY

H. 112.

Yemen

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles E. and Charlotte Ratcliffe, of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, husband of Nellie Ratcliffe, of Halifax.
  • Personal Inscription HE ALWAYS STROVE TO DO HIS BEST, GRANT HIM, LORD, ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

MAALA CEMETERY
Yemen
Number of casualties: 690
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