Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Pte. Gordon Eric "Buster" Ainger

British Army Parachute Regiment

from:Harwich

(d.9th Dec 1943)

Gordon Ainger, son of James and Florence Louise Ainger, of Harwich, Essex, originally enlisted into the RAF before transferring to the Army. He qualified as a military parachutist on Course 78, which ran at RAF Ringway during August 1943, and was posted to 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion. He died on 9th of December 1943, aged 22 years old, during the Italian campaign and is now buried at Sangro River War Cemetery, near Taranto, Italy.



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