- SURNAME
Biddle
- FORENAME
Francis George
- UNIT
43 Bomb Disposal Section,Royal Engineers
- RANK
Sapper
- NUMBER
2014060
- DATE OF DEATH
8th January 1944
- AGE
28
- GRAVESITE
Salerno War Cemetery,Italy III.D.45
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 20.05.1915, Holborn, London
father Joseph Richard Biddle (1872-1935)
mother Amelia Lucy Amy Acton (1870-1925)
wife Kate Spurrey (married 01.1941) (1920-2003)
pre-war occupation Chef
killed Italy
Sapper F.G. Biddle died whilst dealing with a 500lb British bomb fitted with a type 37 pistol. Sapper, P. Carney, Sergeant H. Evans BEM, Corporal J.A. Johnston, Sapper’s W. Pearn, G.W. Rice and Lieutenant B.M.M. Sinclair also died at this incident.
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