Not a War grave as such...

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  1. Little Friend

    Little Friend Senior Member

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    Noticed this stone in St Giles church Noke, Oxon. Just wondered about his service...
     
  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Gordon Percival Holder
    1915–1993
    BIRTH 25 JAN 1915 • Headington, Oxfordshire
    DEATH 25 MAY 1993 • Hunters Lodge, Noke, Oxfordshire, England

    British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
    Name: Gordon Percival Holder
    Birth Date: 25 Jan 1915
    Birth Place: Headington
    Document Year: 1915
    Relationship to Soldier: Child
    Form Title: Information Supplied By Recruit
    Other Records:
    Family Members:
    Name Relation to Soldier
    Arthur Albert Holder Self (Head)
    Maria Adams Spouse
    Ronald Leslie Holder Child
    Harold Edward Holder Child
    Gordon Percival Holder Child
    Lawrence Gilbert Holder Child


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  3. alieneyes

    alieneyes Senior Member

    I wonder if he's this chap?: Sgt Gordon Holder RAF 1851051

    edited to add:

    Same fellow. Flight Engineer aboard Halifax HX337, No. 466 Squadron. Lost on ops to Düsseldorf, 22-23 April 1944.

    410122 F/O WNT Russell, DFC (pilot) and 410869 F/Sgt WM Cashman, DFM (rear gunner) killed.
     
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  4. Tricky Dicky

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    UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
    Name: G P Holder
    Rank: Sergeant
    Army Number: 1851051
    Regiment: Royal Air Force : Officers & Other Ranks
    Section: Royal Air Force : Officers & Other Ranks

    Fits with the initials G P (Gordon Percival)

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