The story
Name: A G GILBERT
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 77486
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Newcastle
Date of death: 1941-11-01
Aircraft: Walrus W 2717
Place of death: At sea, West of Bermuda
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BERMUDA ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Grave 390
Family details: Son of the late William Gilbert and Elizabeth Susannah Gilbert, of Chichester, West Sussex
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 77486
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Newcastle
Date of death: 1941-11-01
Aircraft: Walrus W 2717
Place of death: At sea, West of Bermuda
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BERMUDA ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Grave 390
Family details: Son of the late William Gilbert and Elizabeth Susannah Gilbert, of Chichester, West Sussex
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