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NAME:                      Aldridge, Frederick Cotton
RANK:                      Air Mechanic 3rd Class
UNIT:                      Royal Air Force (formerly Royal Flying Corps)
BATTALION ETC:             8th Balloon Section, 1st Wing
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         126605
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of suffocation (abcess in larynx) 16th October 1918
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France
OTHER INFORMATION:         Born 1886 at Greenwich, Kent. Native of Fawley.
                           Adopted son of Thomas & Frances Cotton of Badminston Road, Fawley (1891)
                           Mother also at Fawley, on RAF records.
                           Also this address is on the records: 119 Blythe St, Brunswick, Melborne, Australia (his sisters address).
                           Applied to join Australian Forces 3rd February 1916 (appears not to have been acepted).
                           Joined RFC on 28th January 1918.