The story
Name: A E STRANGE
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 79979
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Dorsetshire
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: -
Place of death: At sea, near Ceylon
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Sidney and Mary Florence Strange; husband of Rosalie May Strange of Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 79979
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Dorsetshire
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: -
Place of death: At sea, near Ceylon
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Sidney and Mary Florence Strange; husband of Rosalie May Strange of Copnor, Portsmouth, Hampshire
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
Every record is a doorway to a larger story. Explore Back to Normandy to discover more, or visit Fred Vogels' personal website to learn about the person and the projects behind it.