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Robert Derek Sanford | |||
Rank: | Warrant Officer | Number: | 578420 |
Name of Rgt or Ship: | British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.) | ||
Died: | 12/01/1947 | Age: | 22 |
How Died: | Accidental | ||
Country of burial: | U.K. | Grave Photo: | Yes |
Cemetery or Memorial: | Altrincham (Hale) Cemetery | ||
Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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At the age of 16 (newspaper article 04/07/41), he was the Altrincham Grammar School winner of a County poster competition, advertising the Technical, Arts & Evening Institutes in the County; he won £2.00 Air Gunner. Then - post war a Radio Officer. Died of injuries received in a Dakota aeroplane crash. Buried 16/01/1947 - Burial No. 13,049. Commemorated on the private family (grand-parent's) gravestone in Hale Cem. M.I. - "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted". |
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