The story
Name: R E STANIER
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 605203
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 745 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Seaborn, RCAF Dartmouth / RCAF Yarmouth
Date of death: 1944-10-20
Aircraft: Anson
Place of death: South of Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YARMOUTH (MOUNTAIN) CEMETERY - Nova Scotia
Commemoration details: Lot 1, Section A K, Grave 12
Family details: Son of Bert B Stanier and Minnie Stanier, of Walsall, Staffordshire
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 605203
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 745 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Seaborn, RCAF Dartmouth / RCAF Yarmouth
Date of death: 1944-10-20
Aircraft: Anson
Place of death: South of Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YARMOUTH (MOUNTAIN) CEMETERY - Nova Scotia
Commemoration details: Lot 1, Section A K, Grave 12
Family details: Son of Bert B Stanier and Minnie Stanier, of Walsall, Staffordshire
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