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Flying Officer WILLIAM HENRY ESCRITT

Service Number: 154961
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

101 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave VI. E. 6-7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Escritt, of Hull, England.
  • Personal Inscription "DOOMED TO KNOW NOT WINTER ONLY SPRING" HE LEFT US ONLY HAPPY MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

ADEGEM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1158
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