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Inscription
To the Glory of God & in proud
memory of Colin Robert Morley
(R.A.F. V.R.) who gave his life for
his country 1st February 1942
Their name liveth for evermore
H.B.T. 1949
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Kempley (St Mary)
Gloucestershire
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Colin Robert
Morley
13th December 1918
Saskatchewan, Canada
1st February 1942
Killed whilst flying in a Hudson V plane with his comrades as part of Coastal Command when the plane flew into a tree and crashed at Nutts Corner in bad weather during a low-level attack against troops on an army co-operation exercise
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Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey
Second World War
Flight Sergeant
220 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
University student at Reading. Family name has also been Moses.
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