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Dent, W.A., Sgt., 1943
In Harare (Pioneer) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 1522988 Sergeant William Arthur Dent, training as a pilot with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve who died 26/07/1943.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

Sgt. Dent, of 20 S.F.T.S. (Service Flying Training School), Cranborne Air Station, Rhodesia, was killed when his North American Harvard I P5958 training aircraft crashed some 19 miles north east of Salisbury, Rhodesia.

He was associated with the 1st Etherley Scouts

He is remembered in Bishop Auckland on B140.01 and B140.12 and in High Etherley on H127.01 and H127.02


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Dent

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk