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Pilot Officer PETER AUGUSTINE GLEESON

Service Number: 179415
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 13 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

22. B. 11.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew John Gleeson, and of Rose Annie Grace Gleeson, of Upper Tooting, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE TO HIM, O LORD; AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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