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Frederick John Warner

Surname:Warner
Forename:Frederick John
Age:25
CWGC Date of Death:20 Jan 1945
Rank:Private
Regiment / Service:Royal Army Veterinary Corps
Service Number:7758027
Cemetery:Schoonselhof Cemetery
CWGC Plot Reference:V. A. 84.
Additional Information:Son of Percy Fredrick and Alice Grace Warner, of Cobham, Surrey.
Born in Cobham. Killed when a V2 rocket hit quarantine stables at dock no. 28 in the Port of Antwerp. His brother Peter had been helping him groom a horse and was in the same building; but had moved some distance away at the moment the rocket struck, at 14:27 hrs. on 20th January 1945. Between October 1944 and March 1945, Antwerp was under daily attack by V1 flying bombs and V2 rockets.
Memorial:Cobham
Links:Antwerp - City of Sudden Death
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
CWGC Website Link:https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2256152/
Memorial Tree Number:3

 

 

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