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Name: J W RIDLER
Rank: P/Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 755 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1941-02-20
Aircraft: Shark K 8503
Place of death: Keynsham, near Bristol
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WINCHESTER (MAGDALEN HILL) CEMETERY, CHILCOMB - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Row F1, Grave 100
Family details: Son of Albert William and Margaret Ridler, of St Andrews, Bristol
Rank: P/Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 755 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1941-02-20
Aircraft: Shark K 8503
Place of death: Keynsham, near Bristol
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WINCHESTER (MAGDALEN HILL) CEMETERY, CHILCOMB - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Row F1, Grave 100
Family details: Son of Albert William and Margaret Ridler, of St Andrews, Bristol
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