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Name: W J MAINPRICE
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 854 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1945-01-29
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Palembang, Sumatra
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 7
Family details: Son of the Revd W H B Mainprice and Constance Mainprice (nee Andrews); husband of June Diana Charlotte Mainprice (nee Lake) of Hurst Green, Sussex
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 854 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1945-01-29
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Palembang, Sumatra
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 7
Family details: Son of the Revd W H B Mainprice and Constance Mainprice (nee Andrews); husband of June Diana Charlotte Mainprice (nee Lake) of Hurst Green, Sussex
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