The story
Name: W E ASHCROFT
Rank: Air Fitter (E)
Official number: FX 90166
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bherunda, Columbo Racecourse, Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-06-22
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row E, Grave 4
Family details: Son of John George and Beatrice Ashcroft, of Huyton, Lancashire
Rank: Air Fitter (E)
Official number: FX 90166
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bherunda, Columbo Racecourse, Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-06-22
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row E, Grave 4
Family details: Son of John George and Beatrice Ashcroft, of Huyton, Lancashire
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