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Sergeant BASIL ERNEST SMITH

Service Number: 569626
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

149 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAON (ST. JUST) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Coll. grave 16-20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest James Smith and Sarah Smith, of Haverthwaite, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription "LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM"
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Buried or commemorated at

LAON (ST. JUST) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 9
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