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Name: G C THRIFT
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (L)
Official number: FX 77133
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-08-15
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Arbroath, Angus
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY - Angus
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 36
Family details: Son of Alfred John and Annie Edith Thrift, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Native of Isleworth
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (L)
Official number: FX 77133
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-08-15
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Arbroath, Angus
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY - Angus
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 36
Family details: Son of Alfred John and Annie Edith Thrift, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Native of Isleworth
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