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Leading Air Mechanic JOHN WILLIAM RATCHFORD

Service Number: FX84307
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Dipper

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1947

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANWELL (KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA) CEMETERY

Sec. 149. Grave 12.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Johanna Ratchford; husband of Edna Grace Ratchford, of Shepherds Bush, London.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONE FROM OUR HOME BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

HANWELL (KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA) CEMETERY
Middlesex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 65
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