Air Commodore OSWALD ROBERT GAYFORD
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force
Date of Death
Died 10 August 1945
Age 52 years old
Photographer: Terry Malcolm Betchley
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, Air Force Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of Ernest Robert and Emily Elizabeth Gayford, of Hadleigh; husband of Irene Helen Gayford (nee Andrews), of Semer. F.R.G.S. Awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society's Silver Medal for British Aviation. Also served in R.N.V.R. in the 1914-18 War.
- Personal Inscription ALSO HIS WIFE IRENE HELEN 26 DECEMBER 1977 AGE 80
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