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In the Beck Row churchyard lie the remains of one of Australia's war heroes, Flight Sergeant Rawdon Middleton.
He died at 21 when the plane he was flying was hit during a raid in Italy in 1942.
His Victoria Cross was for the bravery shown, while seriously wounded himself, in saving the remainder of the crew. He flew the plane back over England and the crew parachuted to safety, he then flew the plane out to sea to avoid crashing into a built up area.
His body was washed ashore at Dover two months later.
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