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Chief Officer TOM FIELD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Gorsethorn (Liverpool).

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1940

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY

Sec. J.J. C. of E. Grave 215.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Ellen Field; husband of Lily Ethel Field, of Penwortham, Preston.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

PRESTON (NEW HALL LANE) CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 508
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