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Sergeant GEORGE DARBYSHIRE

Service Number: 1078711
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY

Sec. R. C. of E. Grave 796.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Eleanor Darbyshire, of Pemberton, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription GENEROUS AS BRAVE, LOVE AND DUTY WERE TO HIM AS NEEDFUL AS HIS DAILY BREAD
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Buried or commemorated at

WIGAN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 191
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