Name: Goldfinch, Edward Membry
Rank: Gunner
Listing: DWS
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Ted Goldfinch, possibly in 1938, on promotion to Warrant Officer
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With Cecil Titheridge
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Edward ‘Ted’
Membry Goldfinch was a 34 year old Warrant Officer at the time HMS Dunedin was
torpedoed. Ted, whose father and brother also served in the Royal Navy, was
educated at Naval College from the age of 12. He served on HMS Excellent and
HMS Durban prior to joining HMS Dunedin. Ted served on the Dunedin for two
years. During this time he became good friends with fellow gunner Cecil ‘Ben’
Titheridge. Ted married Irene (nee Morgan) in London, while on shore leave in
November 1940.
(Information and photographs courtesy of Steve Morgan)