Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC 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.
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.