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Name: J R MATHERS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 887 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-11-25
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: Ballyhalbert
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BELFAST CITY CEMETERY - County Antrim
Commemoration details: Glenalina Extn, Section D, Joint grave 22
Family details: Son of John Alfred and Maude Machill Mathers, of Orpington, Kent
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 887 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-11-25
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: Ballyhalbert
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BELFAST CITY CEMETERY - County Antrim
Commemoration details: Glenalina Extn, Section D, Joint grave 22
Family details: Son of John Alfred and Maude Machill Mathers, of Orpington, Kent
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