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Name: R G WILLIAMS
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (E)
Official number: SFX 1316
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-01-30
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4554
Place of death: Calder Dam, Dunbarton, Renfrew, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YSTRAD MYNACH (BETHANIA) CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPELYARD - Glamorganshire, Wales
Commemoration details: Row C, Grave 479
Family details: Son of Richard David and Catherine Williams, of Ystrad Mynach, Glamorganshire, Wales. Native of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (E)
Official number: SFX 1316
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-01-30
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4554
Place of death: Calder Dam, Dunbarton, Renfrew, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YSTRAD MYNACH (BETHANIA) CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPELYARD - Glamorganshire, Wales
Commemoration details: Row C, Grave 479
Family details: Son of Richard David and Catherine Williams, of Ystrad Mynach, Glamorganshire, Wales. Native of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
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