5118505 Corporal Wiliam George FIRKINS, 8th Bn., Parachute Regiment, AAC: 21/12/1943

Remembering Today

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FIRKINS, WILLIAM GEORGE
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 5118505
Date of Death: 21/12/1943
Regiment/Service: 8th Bn. Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.
Cemetery: WORCESTER (ASTWOOD) CEMETERY
Grave Reference: Grave 11957.

 

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good day cl1.m.today.12:06am.re:remembering today.21/12/43.corporal w.g.firkins.5118505 the parachute regiment a.a.c.8th bn.age 29.may he rest in peace.regards bernard85

 

Not killed in action though, but in an air crash. The Albermarle in which he was in crashed at the Chute Causeway near Andover whist in the final run in for a drop on Salisbury Plain.