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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM RODNEY LOUIS COOMBES

Service Number: 614366
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY

Sec. Z.K. Grave 3.

United Kingdom

The remaining graves in this WW2 section at Exeter Higher Cemetary - mainly British

Photographer: Susan Langabeer

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Rodney and May Coombes, of St. Thomas's Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription TO A YOUNG LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END, HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND. DUTY DONE
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