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Flying Officer HERBERT ROOK MARTIN

Service Number: 56127
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1947

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

9. C. 7.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Rook Martin and Isabella Martin; husband of Catherine McDonald Martin, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY YOUR GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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