The story
Name: S C BINGHAM
Rank: Petty Officer Air Fitter (Ordnance Mechanic 5th Class)
Official number: C/MX 622947
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka (Lost in S.S. Khedive Ismail)
Date of death: 1944-02-12
Place of death: At sea, Indian Ocean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL - Kent
Commemoration details: Panel 78, Column 2
Family details: Son of Joseph and Priscilla Elizabeth Bingham; husband of Lily Bingham, of West Norwood, London
Rank: Petty Officer Air Fitter (Ordnance Mechanic 5th Class)
Official number: C/MX 622947
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka (Lost in S.S. Khedive Ismail)
Date of death: 1944-02-12
Place of death: At sea, Indian Ocean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL - Kent
Commemoration details: Panel 78, Column 2
Family details: Son of Joseph and Priscilla Elizabeth Bingham; husband of Lily Bingham, of West Norwood, London
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