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Sergeant GEORGE BEARDWOOD

Service Number: 526936
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

40 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

's GRAVENZANDE GENERAL CEMETERY

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Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Margaret Beardwood, of Blackburn, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

's GRAVENZANDE GENERAL CEMETERY
Zuid-Holland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 120
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