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Sgt Keith James Shipp

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Sgt Keith James Shipp Veteran

Birth
Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England
Death
19 Nov 1943 (aged 18–19)
At Sea
Burial
Great Baddow, Chelmsford Borough, Essex, England Add to Map
Plot
615
Memorial ID
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Casualty of WWII.
Son of James Hutchinson and Kathleen Florence (née Hunt).
Handley Page Halifax V LK640 took off from RAF Tholthorpe near Easingwold, North Yorkshire, aircraft came down in the North Sea with the loss all seven crew.
His body was washed up at Bexhill, East Sussex, on the 12th January 1944, hence the date on the headstone.

Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flt. Engr.
Service No: 1865142
Date of Death: 19/11/1943
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Grave Reference: Grave 615
Casualty of WWII.
Son of James Hutchinson and Kathleen Florence (née Hunt).
Handley Page Halifax V LK640 took off from RAF Tholthorpe near Easingwold, North Yorkshire, aircraft came down in the North Sea with the loss all seven crew.
His body was washed up at Bexhill, East Sussex, on the 12th January 1944, hence the date on the headstone.

Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Flt. Engr.
Service No: 1865142
Date of Death: 19/11/1943
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve - 431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Grave Reference: Grave 615

Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR SON
KEITH JAMES SHIPP
SERGT. FLIGHT ENGINEER R.A.F
WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
ON 11TH JANUARY 1944, AGED 19.


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