The story
Name: S G BLATCHFORD
Rank: Petty Officer
Official number: FX 76302
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 773 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1941-06-17
Aircraft: Walrus P 6551
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BERMUDA ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Grave 385
Family details: Son of Thomas George and Mary Ellen Blatchford, of Bosham, West Sussex
Rank: Petty Officer
Official number: FX 76302
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 773 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1941-06-17
Aircraft: Walrus P 6551
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BERMUDA ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Grave 385
Family details: Son of Thomas George and Mary Ellen Blatchford, of Bosham, West Sussex
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