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B P GRIGSON — Fleet Air Arm

1940-07-02 · Roenburg Island · Netherlands

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Name: B P GRIGSON
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1940-07-02
Aircraft: Swordfish L 7646, coded '5B'
Place of death: Roenburg Island
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROZENBURG GENERAL CEMETERY - Zuid-Holland
Commemoration details: Coll grave 10
Family details: Son of Capt Pawlet St John Baseley Grigson and Kathleen Monica Grigson, of East Harling, Norfolk

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