The story
Name: L E COLE
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87167
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1945-01-13
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row E, Grave 3
Family details: Son of John William Cole, and of Florence Eleanor Cole, of St George, Bristol
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87167
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1945-01-13
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row E, Grave 3
Family details: Son of John William Cole, and of Florence Eleanor Cole, of St George, Bristol
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