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Name: D G TOMPKINS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: No.1 Service Flying Training School, Netheravon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-01-14
Aircraft: Master lll W 8763
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire
Commemoration details: Block J, Grave 124
Family details: Son of Arthur James Tompkins and Hilda Elizabeth Tompkins; husband of Margaret Joyce Tompkins.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: No.1 Service Flying Training School, Netheravon
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-01-14
Aircraft: Master lll W 8763
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KEMPSTON CEMETERY, Bedfordshire
Commemoration details: Block J, Grave 124
Family details: Son of Arthur James Tompkins and Hilda Elizabeth Tompkins; husband of Margaret Joyce Tompkins.
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