The story
Name: G I GOODRIDGE
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 2409
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-08-24
Aircraft: -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 6C, Row R, Grave 7
Family details: Husband of Jessica Adelaide Goodridge, of Worthing, Sussex
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 2409
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-08-24
Aircraft: -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 6C, Row R, Grave 7
Family details: Husband of Jessica Adelaide Goodridge, of Worthing, Sussex
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