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Sergeant LESLIE JAKES

Service Number: 930627
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

78 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

1. D. 25.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Annie Jakes, of Enfield Wash, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription IN ALIEN SOIL THE ENGLISH AIRMAN LIES HE FOUGHT & FELL IN THE BATTLE OF THE SKIES
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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