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Aircraftman 2Nd Class WILLIAM JOHN McCARTHY

Service Number: 625295
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

139 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLOING COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie McCarthy, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription "THE LAMB WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE THRONE SHALL BE THEIR SHEPHERD"
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Buried or commemorated at

FLOING COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes France
Number of casualties: 3
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