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Flight Sergeant ERNEST HENRY ALDERSON

Service Number: R/123174
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

408 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 6.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Alderson, of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham; husband of Myrtle J. Alderson, of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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