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Name: D GROOME
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-07-30
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4161
Place of death: Near North Coates, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NORTH COTES (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD, Lincolnshire
Commemoration details: Grave 10
Family details: Son of Frederick Thompson Groome and Katie Maud Groome; stepson of Catherine Mary Groome, of Fareham, Hampshire.
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-07-30
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4161
Place of death: Near North Coates, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NORTH COTES (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD, Lincolnshire
Commemoration details: Grave 10
Family details: Son of Frederick Thompson Groome and Katie Maud Groome; stepson of Catherine Mary Groome, of Fareham, Hampshire.
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