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Wing Commander PETER BRIAN NEWSOM DAVIS

Service Number: 70499
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

299 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

4. C. 17.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Harold Newsom Davis and Aileen Newsom Davis, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, B.A. Hons. (Cantab.). His brother, Henry Laurence Newsom Davis, also died on service.
  • 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

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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