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Sergeant DESMOND HENRY WOODWORTH

Service Number: 741304
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

100 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1940

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

37. D. 11.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Gerald Woodworth, A.M. Inst. C.E.I., and Rosa Frederica Woodworth, of Dublin, Irish Republic; husband of Doris E. Woodworth.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART: FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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