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Leading Stoker WILLIAM ALFRED GITSHAM

Service Number: P/KX 78724
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Acasta

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1940

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 41, Column 3.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Florence Eliza Gitsham of Longniddry, East Lothian; husband of A. L. Gitsham, of South Shields, Co. Durham. His brothers Alexander John and George Robert, also died on service.
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