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Chief Engine Room Artificer HECTOR WALDRON DE GRUCHY

Service Number: C/M 38396
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Eridge.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

3. F. 4.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Waldron De Gruchy and Daisy Waldron De Gruchy; husband of Rose Ann De Gruchy, of Chatham, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription A DEAR HUSBAND & DADDY. SADLY MISSED BY WIFE ROSE AND BABY ALAN. HE LIVES IN MY HEART
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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