Person    | Male  Born 19/11/1958  Died 9/2/1981

Paul Ruddock

Categories: Tragedy

Paul Edward Ruddock was born on 19 November 1958 and in 1980 he married Sandra J. Lagey (b.1959) in the Camberwell registration district

He died, aged 23 years, on 9 February 1981 as a result of injuries sustained in a fire at a birthday party being held at 439 New Cross Road, London, SE14 6TA on 18 January 1981. His death was registered in the Greenwich registration district and he was buried in Lewisham on 11 February 1981.

Local media claimed his date of birth to be 19 November 1960, but the England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index held at the General Register Office, London, shows his birth date as 19 November 1958.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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