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Geoffrey Looker

Categories: Children

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Killed, aged 5, in the Downhills shelter WW2 tragedy, 19 September 1940.

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Geoffrey Looker

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Downhills air raid shelter WW2

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