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Air Commodore Desmond Herlouin De Burgh
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Air Commodore Desmond Herlouin De Burgh

Birth
Death
17 Jan 1943 (aged 63)
Monument
El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt Add to Map
Plot
Column 267.
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A/Cdre. Desmond Herlouin de Burgh AFC was the son of Colonel Ulick George Campbell de Burgh and Anna Blanche Constance Paget.
daughter of Captain Richard Sharpe, on 5 January 1921.
He and Norah Dorothy Sharpe were divorced in 1939.
He died aged 45 years killed in a flying accident.
He fought in the First World War.1 He was decorated with the award of Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) in 1919.1 He gained the rank of Air Commodore in the service of the Royal Air Force.1 He fought in the Second World War.1
A/Cdre. Desmond Herlouin de Burgh AFC was the son of Colonel Ulick George Campbell de Burgh and Anna Blanche Constance Paget.
daughter of Captain Richard Sharpe, on 5 January 1921.
He and Norah Dorothy Sharpe were divorced in 1939.
He died aged 45 years killed in a flying accident.
He fought in the First World War.1 He was decorated with the award of Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) in 1919.1 He gained the rank of Air Commodore in the service of the Royal Air Force.1 He fought in the Second World War.1

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