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Ordinary Seaman JOHN WILLIAM RIDGEWELL

Service Number: P/JX 274666
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Blenheim.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REYKJAVIK (FOSSVOGUR) CEMETERY

C39. 26.

Iceland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Florence Ridgewell, and stepson of Thomas William Howe, of North Ockendon, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON RESTING NOW, IN PEACE, WITH JESUS
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