EOD Brooke-Smith, Francis Haffey

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Brooke-Smith ​

• FORENAME

Francis Haffey ​

• UNIT

HMS Drake,Royal Naval Reserve ​

• RANK

Sub Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

George Cross ​

• PLACE

England 1940 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.9.1918 Hasketon, Suffolk​

Cadet, HMS Conway 1934-36​

Sub Lt, RNR 1939​

HMS Broadwater 1939​

HMS Drake (bomb disposal) 1940​

senior officer on passenger liners postwar​

1951 married wife Jane Ann (nee Watt) (1927-1964)​

died 3.12.1952 Woodbridge, Suffolk (Aged 40)​

St. Andrew Churchyard, Hasketon, Suffolk, UK​

London Gazette 35201, 24th June 1941, Page 3651​

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