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Sergeant RAYMOND BLYTHE SHIRES

Service Number: 1040116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY

1. G. 4.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hubert and Olive Shires, of Thornhill, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THO' DEATH DIVIDES, STILL MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

DELHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1154
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