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Geoffrey Webb | |||
| Rank: | Ord.Teleg | Number: | LT/JX45304 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | Royal Naval Patrol Service | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | H.M. Trawler Birdlip | ||
| Died: | 13/06/1944 | Age: | 19 |
| How Died: | Killed at Sea | ||
| Country of burial: | U.K. | Grave Photo: | No |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Lowestoft Naval Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Sale | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
Attended Sale Central School. Employed in the Audit Office of the Manchester Ship Canal Co, in Manchester. A regular worshipper at the Ashton on Mersey Congregational Church and a member of the Acorn Club based at that Church. H.M.S. Birdlip was a Naval Trawler that on convoy duty when, early in the morning of the 13th June 1944, it was torpedoed and sunk by U-547 off Greenville, Liberia, off the west coast of Africa. The S.S. Saint Basile was also sunk in the same exchange with U-547. His elder brother served in the RAF. | |||
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