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Sergeant WILLIAM HENRY JAMES FRANKLIN

Service Number: 522061
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

150 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1940

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EAST BRIDGFORD (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

Grave 2A.

United Kingdom

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards British Empire Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Comdr. Cyril Prescott Franklin, D.S.O., R.N., and Florence Marjorie Franklin, of Radlett, Hertfordshire. His brother John Michael also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HIS BROTHER, JOHN MICHAEL SUB - LIEUT., R.N., WAS KILLED IN H.M.S. "GLORIOUS" 9.6.1940 AGE 21
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