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Flight Officer Eric Gordon Gale
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Name Eric Gordon Gale Title Flight Officer Born 3 Jan 1918 Lancashire
Gender Male Died 9 Nov 1945 WW2
Buried Shadycombe
Person ID I1029 Salcombe Last Modified 9 May 2020
Father Newell Herbert Gale, b. 8 Oct 1887, Lancashire
, d. 22 Sept 1942, WW2 on board "Athelsultan"
(Age 54 years) Mother Ethel Cove, b. 23 Aug 1890, Liverpool
, d. 29 Nov1966, South Hams Hospital Kingsbridge
Married 1912 Toxteth Park Lancashire
Family ID F347 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Doreen Betty Jackson, b. 1920, Salcombe
Married 1942 Registered Kingsbridge Q1
Last Modified 30 Mar 2014 Family ID F1070 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos 
Salcombe Memorial WW2 
Gale family headstone 
Eric Gordon Gale
Albums Casualties of WW2 (1)
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Notes - Eric G Gale Pilot Officer of the Royal Air Force Reserve died 9 Nov 1945
His Memorial is at Runnymede - GALE, ERIC GORDON
Rank:Pilot Officer
Service No:200767
Date of Death:09/11/1945
Age:27Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer ReservePanel ReferencePanel 268.MemorialRUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Newell Herbert Gale and Ethel Gale, of Salcombe, Devon; husband of Doreen Betty Gale.
- In the 1939 Census Eric was a single Poultry farmer and living at "Lowick" Main Rd. Salcombe with his Mother Ethel and his Gran Annie Cove.
- Eric G Gale Pilot Officer of the Royal Air Force Reserve died 9 Nov 1945
