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Cover
Urban District
of
Longbenton
Book of Remembrance.
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Title page:
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Names
of those who
lost their Lives
in the
Second World War
1939 -1945.
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Pages 2 and 3
Benton Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Acaster, R.W., - Eastfield Road, Benton - Air Raid Warden, Civil Defence Services
30th December, 1941 - Killed by enemy action during air raid
Aitchison, John Robert Curn, - 25, Glenfield Road, Benton
Private - 12th May, 1944 - Cassino, Italy.
Bell, Thomas, - 6, Station Cottages, Forest Hall
Flying Officer - 3rd October, 1945 - Aircraft Crash, Burnley Bushes,
Nr. Oakham, Rutland
Bewick, John Cecil, - Merchant Navy, - 9th March, 1941, - London
Bormond, Joseph, - Station Approach, Benton, -
Fireguard and Clerk of the Council, - 30th December, 1941
Killed by enemy action during air raid
Bruce, John Walace (sic) - 14, Glenfield Road, Benton
Private - 14th June, 1944 - Killed by accident in England
Dodsworth, James - Ashleigh Grove West, Benton
A/C.1, R.A.F. - 3rd February, 1943 - North Africa
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Pages 4 and 5
Benton Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Douglas, John - 6, Briarsyde, Benton
Bombardier, Northumberland Hussars - 20th May, 1941 - Crete
Elliott, Roy Charlton - Woodlands, Benton
Sub. Lieutenant, R.N.R. - 15th March,1944 - Vatican City
Hall, John William Armour - 87, Station Road, Forest Hall
Private - 29th June, 1944 - Died of wounds in France
Hawks, Lionel Henry - 41, Eastfield Ave., Benton
3rd Engineer - 3rd September, 1940 - South Atlantic
Hughes, Thomas Edward - “The Poplars”, 18 Manor Drive, Benton
Able Seaman - 1st, June 1940 - Dunkirk
Johnson, George Miller - 19, Briarsyde, Benton,
Pilot Officer - 19th February, 1943 - Usworth
Landreth, Cowen - 20, Northumberland Ave., Benton
Pilot Officer - 6th August, 1941 - Over Germany
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Pages 6 and 7
Benton Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
McPherson, Alan Storey - 1, Linden Terrace, Benton
Flight Sergeant Pilot - 23rd August, 1943 - Missing on flight to
the Far East on the 23rd August 1943
Munro, Ronald - “Heatherlea”, Forest Avenue, Forest Hall
Flying Officer - 25th August, 1941 - Killed in air operations over Libya
Pollock, James Adamson, B.A., - Benton
Captain, - R.N.R. - 17th July, 1945 Forli, Italy.
Reynolds, Geoffrey Ernest - The Cottage, Benton
Glider Pilot - 17th April 1943 - Chilbolton Aerodrome Hants.
Robertson, John Balfour - 1, Grange Avenue, Benton
Flight Sergeant - 2nd January, 1943 - Missing from R.A.F. Station,
Sullom Voe, Shetland
Rogers, Robert - 26 Briarsyde, Benton
Civilian - 29th April 1941 - Killed as a result of enemy action during air raid.
Simpson, Charles Douglas - 2 Clifton Terrace, Forest Hall
2nd Engineer - 26th July 1940 - Mined in convoy at sea.
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Pages 8 and 9
Benton Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Smethurst, Norman F. - 6 Queens Gardens, Benton
Sergeant 207 Squadron - 9th September, 1942 Missing - presumed killed
Weatherston, Nichol 4 Queens Gardens, Benton
Lieutenant, Royal Navy - 5th December, 1942 - Lagos, Nigeria
Wilson, Robert - Ashleigh Grove West, Benton
Able Seaman - 3rd December, 1944 - Accidentally killed in Freemantle,
Western Australia
Wood, David Wallace - 22 Sandringham Ave., Benton
3rd Engineer - 17th February, 1940 - Lost at Sea off Durban
Wood, Bernard - 22 Sandringham Ave., Benton
Cadet - 29th February, 1941 - Torpedoed and lost at sea off Irish Coast.
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Pages 10 and 11
Forest Hall Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Bolt, Ronald - 21, Holly Avenue, Forest Hall
Flight Sergeant - 24th December, 1944 - Cologne
Bouas, James, M.C. - Rocket Way, Forest Hall
Leading Telegraphist - 9th June, 1942 - Lost at Sea.
Carnegie, Henry - 8, Vulcan Terrace, Forest Hall
Sergeant /OP. - 7th August, 1944 - Madley, Hereford
Charlton, Bryan - School House, Benton Square
R.N.V.R., Sub. Lieutenant - 14th April 1944 - Bombay
Conlon, Patrick - 12, Glebe Terrace, Forest Hall
Flight Sergeant - 7th July, 1941 - Over Holland
Daniels, John Thomas 43, Lansdowne Road, Forest Hall
Private - 29th May, 1942 - Killed Western Desert, Middle East Forces
Davidson, Robert William - 1 Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall
Sgt. Flt. Engineer - 3rd December, 1943 - Air operations over Germany
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Pages 12 and 13
Forest Hall Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Denwood, J.J.D.G.H.R. - 7, Crescent Way, Forest Hall
L/Corporal - 31st July, 1944 - Normandy Beaches
Dixon, William - 70, Glebe Road, Forest Hall
Able Seaman - 24th May, 1941 - H.M.S. Hood
Dobbs, John H. - Oswin Avenue, Forest Hall
Able Seaman - 21st August, 1944 - Convoy to Russia
Evans, George - 25, Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall
Merchant Navy - 24th May, 1942 - Caribbean Sea
Forbes, Thomas - Ivy Road, Forest Hall
Gunner, MAR. RA. - 31st December, 1942 - Reported Missing at Sea
Horner, R.L. - Forest Hall Road, Forest Hall
Royal Marines - 7th July, 1945 - Indian Ocean (Ceylon)
Hutchinson, John Denham - 2 Burn Avenue, Forest Hall
Private - 3rd October, 1945 - Lost on Air Operations
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Pages 14 and 15
Forest Hall Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Irving, J. Dawson - 41, Firtree Crescent, Forest Hall
Engine Room Artificer - 18th February, 1944,
Reported Missing at Sea, Italy, H.M.S.“Penelope”
Jobling, George Charlton - 11, Whitfield Road, Forest Hall
Sergeant Pilot - R.A.F. - 21st February, 1942 - Air Operations
over Germany
Lott, Frederick Clifford - 104, Meadway, Forest Hall
Able Seaman - 24th May, 1941 - Killed in action
Lumsden, W.H. - Great Lime Road, Forest Hall
A.C.2. R.A.F. - 16th January, 1944 - Germany
Maddison, J. - 10 Bamford Terrace, Forest Hall
W/O - 12th May, 1944 - Bomb Demolition Accident
McPhillips, Hugh - 17 Myrtle Crescent, Forest Hall
Private - 7th September 1941 - Malaya
Moore, James - 10 Edwins Ave. South, Forest Hall
Private - 14th May, 1940 - Killed in action in France
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Pages 16 and 17
Forest Hall Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Moore, George - 10, Edwins Ave. South, Forest Hall
Driver, R.E.T.A. - 10th May, 1942 - Killed in action, M.E.F.
Murray, Denis Francis - 58 Lansdowne Road, Forest Hall
Private - 15th March 1945 - Killed in Burma
Nelson, R. - Forest Hall Road, Forest Hall
Sergeant - 25th September, 1941 - Penhoven
Nichol, William - 22, Granville Drive, Forest Hall
Sergeant W.O., R.A.F. - 30th December, 1942 -
Omah, Northern Ireland
Parker, John George, - 12, Wilson Terrace, Forest Hall
Royal Marines - 28th October 1945 - Ceylon
Routledge, Ronald - 33, Delaval Road, Forest Hall
Fusilier - 15th February 1942 - Singapore
Simpson, Norman - 59, Station Rd North, Forest Hall
Private - 24th October, 1946 - Hexham Military Hospital
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Pages 18 and 19
Forest Hall Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Straughan, Edward - 41, Edwins Avenue, Forest Hall
Able Seaman - 18th February 1940 - H.M.S. Daring
Smith, John Arthur William - Elm Grove, - Forest Hall
Flt./Sgt. Engineer - R.A.F. - 4th March, 1945 - Oakham, Rutlandshire
Thomas, Arthur - 3, Delaval Road, Forest Hall
Corporal - 3rd December, 1942 - Tunisia, North Africa
Urwin, Arthur - 48, Rocket Way, Forest Hall
L/Sergeant - 26th October, 1942 - El Alamein
Urwin, Ernest - Oswin Avenue, Forest Hall
Trooper, R.A.C. - 15th February, 1942 - England
Walton, R. - Back Ivy Street, Forest Hall
L/Bombardier - 12th December, 1942 - North Africa
Wilson, John - 62, Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall
Private - 13th March 1944 - Burma
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Pages 20 and 21
Camperdown Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Allan, Robert - 14, Bell Grove, Burradon
Sergeant - 28th February, 1943 - Wilhelmshaven
Appleby, Jim - 29, Station Road, Burradon
Leading Steward - 20th October, 1940 - Lost at Sea
Charlton, Thomas - 29 Burradon Road, Burradon
Private - 12th September 1944 - Lost at Sea
Costis, John - 34a Burradon Road, Burradon
Private - 17th June, 1943 - Lost at Sea
Craig, James - 1, Station Road, Burradon
Stoker - 19th January, 1942 - Lost at Sea
Crooks, Aidan A. - 8 Park Side, West Moor
Sergeant - July, 1944 - Died P.O.W. Sumatra
Douglas, Andrew - Burradon Road, Burradon
L/Corporal - 3rd August, 1943 - Oxford
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Pages 22 and 23
Camperdown Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Gallon, Mark White - 34, Station Road, Burradon
Ord. Seaman - 24th October, 1941 - Lost at Sea
Gallon, Thomas - North Row, Burradon
Fusilier - 13th January, 1945 - Burma
Grant, Douglas Lambert - 5, Hazel Grove, West Moor
Flight Sergeant - 12th December 1942 - Northern France
Haskins, Harold - Atkin Street, Burradon
Able Seaman - 15th June, 1941 - Lost at Sea
Hindhaugh, Thomas William - 1, Moor View, Burradon
Driver - 9th September, 1943 - Perthshire, Scotland
Henderson, Sidney G. - 44, Station Road, Burradon
Fusilier - 26th November, 1941 - Tobruk
Parker, W.L. - 9, Benton Lane, West Moor
Private 2nd Batt. Parachute Regt. - 17th September 1944 - Arnhem
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Pages 24 and 25
Camperdown Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Pease, Jack - 4 Annitsford Ter., Burradon
Signaller - 26th September, 1940 - Lost at Sea
Reed, George Thomas - 61, Allanville, Burradon
Gunner - 18th February, 1943 - Dundee
Smith, George Sargeant - 107, Allanville, Burradon
Bombardier - 6th August, 1944 - Normandy
Taylor, Robert - Burradon Road, Burradon
Gunner - 10th June, 1946 - Burma
Wilkinson, George - 1, Hanns Buildings, West Moor
Rifleman - 24th May, 1945 - Died Shotley Bridge - P.O.W. 5 years
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Pages 26 and 27
Holystone Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Casson, William G. - 1, Ryton Terrace, West Allotment
Acting Able Seaman - H.M.S. Dasher - 27th March 1943 - Lost at Sea
Hays, George Arthur - 27, Palmersville, Forest Hall
Sgt. Flight Engineer - 7/8th July 1944 - Lost on air operations
over enemy occupied territory
Jack, Thomas M.P. - 42 Whitley Road, Holystone
Driver i/c Royal Artillery - 8th July, 1942 - Middle East Forces
Jones, Gordon P. - 12, Cramlington Ter., West Allotment
Gunner, - R.A., Light Anti Aircraft Regt. - 24th December, 1943
Died in Japanese Prison Camp
McGuire, Thomas - 60 Palmersville, Forest Hall
Private R.E.E.C.E. - 15th February, 1942 - Singapore
McMenzie, James D. - 54 Palmersville, Forest Hall
Corporal - 24th April 1941 - Middle East (Egypt)
Nicholson, George - 30 Laurel Avenue, Palmersville
Private - 26th December, 1945 - Wroughton R.A.F. Hospital, Swindon
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Pages 28 and 29
Holystone Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Oldham, James - 14, Griffith Terrace, West Allotment
Royal Field Artillery - 15th May, 1942 - Hospital, Hereford.
Oughton, Raymond - 3, Taylor Terrace, West Allotment
Trooper Queens Bays, Royal Arm. Corps. - 15th March 1942 - Tobruk
Peacock, John Murray - 24, North Terrace, West Allotment
Private - Green Howards - 26th April 1944 - Anzio Beach Head
Scott, Charles - 3 Buddle Terrace, West Allotment
Stoker 1st Class - 17th December, 1942 - Killed in Action
Strong, R. - Palmersville, Forest Hall
Pioneer Corps - 2nd December, 1941 - Hexham Emergency Hospital
Telford, Donald Montgrove - Killingworth House, Killingworth
Sergeant Pilot - 25th April 1942 - Killed on landing at Waddington, Lincs.
Telford, John E. - 62, Palmersville, Forest Hall
Gunner - 12th November, 1945 - Tripoli
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Pages 30 and 31
Holystone Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Temple, Thomas James - 24, Eccles Terrace, West Allotment.
C.M.P. - 9th July, 1944.
Thompson, John - 25, Nicholson Ter., Forest Hall
L/Bombardier - 6th August, 1943 - Catania Plain
Thompson, S.V. - 8, Laurel Place, Forest Hall
Private - 21st September, 1944 - Japanese Transport
Walton, William - “Moorlands” West Lane, Forest Hall
Sergeant R.A.F. - 14th July, 1942 - Germany
Watson, William - 19 Laurel Avenue, Forest Hall
Leading Stoker, “Royal Oak” - 14th October, 1939 - Scapa Flow
Wilson, John Thomas - 9, Eccles Terrace, West Allotment
Gunner 248/79th L.A.A.R.A. - 17th March 1943 - Killed in Iraq, Persia,
on Dispatch Duties
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Pages 32 and 33
Dudley Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Agan, U. - 2 Rowlands Bldgs., Dudley
L/Corporal - Royal Corps of Signals - 5th January, 1943 - P.O.W. Thanbuzayat
Appleby, A. - 13, Coquet Terrace, Dudley
Fusilier, R.N.F. - 27/30th May, 1942 - Africa, Knightsbridge Battle.
Appleby, John Arthur - 25, Angerton Terrace, Dudley
Private, D.L.I. - Posted Missing 27th June, 1942 - Middle East
Archer, Michael - 16 Clarkes Terrace, Dudley
L.S. Royal Navy - 11th December, 1942 - Missing at Sea
Baron, James - Ethel Street, Dudley
Civilian - 1st September, 1941 - Killed by enemy action
Bartley, R. - 1, Victory Cottages, Dudley
Private, - A. & S. Highlanders - Presumed died on 20th January, 1945
P.O.W. Borneo
Bell, G. - Earsdon House, Dudley
L/Sergeant Royal Corps of Signals - 11th January, 1943
Kan Chana Buri, Thailand
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Pages 34 and 35
Dudley Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Brennen, E. - 10 Jackson Street, Annitsford
Corporal, R.A.F. - 3rd August, 1944 - Bordeaux, France
Brown, J. - 34, Barrass Avenue, Annitsford
Sergeant, R.A.F. - 30th May, 1942 - Lost over Germany
Chambers, Thomas T. - 37, Burnside Avenue, Annitsford
Private - 25th May, 1944 - Presumed died of wounds in Burma
Collingwood, W. - 17, East View Terrace, Dudley
Sergeant Navigator R.A.F. - 21st November, 1943 - Hagetthaik, Burma
Conboy, John George - Grieves Row, Dudley
L.S. Merchant Navy - 19th November, 1942 - Missing at Sea
Curtis, John James - 12, Grieves Row, Dudley
Driver, R.A.S.C. - 24th June, 1944 - Italy
Gourley, Slater - 5, Clarkes Terrace, Dudley
Trooper, Queens Bays Royal Lancers - 25th October, 1944 - El Alamein
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Pages 36 and 37
Dudley Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Gray, A.L. - 12, South View, Annitsford
Gunner - 23rd October, 1945 - Yugoslavia
Harle, G. - 54 Weetslade Crescent, Dudley
Marine, Royal Marines, H.M.S. Royal Oak - 13th October, 1939 - Scapa Flow
Hayes, G.D. - 58 Jubilee Terrace, Annitsford
L/Corporal - 27th June, 1944 - Normandy
Hind, William Armstrong - 8 Ethel Street, Dudley
Private, Black Watch, Tyneside Scottish - 20th May, 1940 - Arras
Lashley, J.J. - 18 Jackson Street, Annitsford
Gunner - 28th March 1944 - Belfast
Latty, J. - 2 Green Lane, - Dudley
Gunner, R.A. - 19th September, 1943 - Salerno
Leighton, Isaac Davison - 9, Hazlerigg Street, Dudley
A.C.2 R.A.F. Rear Gunner - 18th December, 1939 - Heligoland Bight
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Pages 38 and 39
Dudley Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Mitchelson, Walter - 5, Georges View, Dudley
A.Q.M.S. - East Yorks. - 20th May, 1940 - France
Nelson, R. - 4, Market Street, Dudley
Sergeant, - Gordon Highlanders - 25th October, 1944 Eindhaben, Holland
Parker, Samuel George - Front Street, Annitsford
A/B Seaman - 24th April 1940 - Lost at Sea
Raffle, L. - 9, Railway Row, Annitsford
Private - 24th October, 1942 - El Alamein
Reed, George White Patterson - 3, Sandly Lane, North Gosforth
Gunner - 4th July, 1942 - El Alamein
Riley, D. - 74 Weetslade Crescent, Dudley
Gunner, R.A. - 10th April 1945 - France
Rutherford, T. - 8, Lee Street, Annitsford
Guardsman - 5th March 1945 - Reichwald Forest, Germany
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Pages 40 and 41
Seaton Burn Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Adamson, William Thomas Hazlerigg
Sargeant - 8th October, 1943 - Lancaster 111 995x
Atchison, Creswell - Chapel Place - Seaton Burn
Flight/Sergeant - 14/15th July, 1942 - Germany
Burn, John George McKenzie - 27, East View, Wideopen
L/Corporal - 21st May, 1940 - Arras
Carr, Cecil William - 9 Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn
Child - 29th December, 1941 - Seaton Burn
Carr, Stanley - 9 Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn
Child - 29th December, 1941 - Seaton Burn
Carr, George Edward - 9 Elm Street, Seaton Burn
Marine - 25th July, 1945 - E.M.S. Hospital, Stonehouse, Scotland
Clark, Alan - Moor House Inn, Seaton Burn
Flight/Sergeant - 13/14th July, 1943 - Sicily
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Pages 42 and 43
Seaton Burn Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Dunbar, Ronald Jeffries - 19, Low Cross Row, Seaton Burn
Private - 14th January, 1942 - Malaya
Dunbar, James Gibson - 4, North Row, - Seaton Burn
Able Seaman - 23rd May, 1941 - H.M.S. Fiji, Crete
Gibson, Gordon - 10, High Cross Row, Seaton Burn
Private - 7th January, 1942 Malaya
Gibson, John Edward - 11, Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn
Gunner - 27th May, 1940 - St. Elio
Hudson, R. - Blagdon Terrace, Seaton Burn
Flt/Sgt. Navigator, Pathfinder Force - 2nd January 1944
Missing from operations over Berlin.
Hume, John Robert - 34, Thorntree Avenue, Seaton Burn
Gunner Maritine (sic) R.A. Regt. - 8th March, 1945 - Killed
by accident near Glasgow while on duty.
Kelsey, William - 1 East View, Wideopen
Merchant Service - 3rd September, 1941 - Atlantic
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Pages 44 and 45
Seaton Burn Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Llewelyn, W.S. - Mitford Gardens, Wideopen
McIntyre, H.R. - 3 Alexander Terrace, Hazlerigg
Lieutenant, Gordon Highlanders - 26th September, 1944 - Italy
Mullen, Richard - 9, Railway Row, Seaton Burn
Driver, R.A. - 29th September, 1940 - Drowned at St. Maws, Cornwall
Robinson, Hoodless 3 Alexander Terrace, Hazlerigg
Sergeant, R.N.F. 17th April 1945 Died on Hospital in Hungaria
Slater, Ronald - 13, West View, Wideopen
Trooper - 8th April, 1943 - Pichou
Straughan, N. - 3, Church Row, Seaton Burn
Private - 2nd September, 1942 - Died in Baguley Hospital, Manchester
Trobe, James Claughan - “Oaklea”, 107 East View, Wideopen
Seaman Gunner, S.S. Clan Murray, M.N. - 14th July, 1942 - Gulf of Aden
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Pages 46 and 47
Seaton Burn Ward
Name Address Rank - Date of Death - Place of death
Tully, John, Dudley Lane, Seaton Burn
Marine, 6th June, 1944 Beaches of Normandy
Turnbull, Victor, 2, North Row, Seaton Burn
Leading Stoker, R.N. - 23rd May, 1941
H.M.S. Kashmir, Battle of Crete
White, J. Store Row East, Seaton Burn,
Flight Sergeant, Germany
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