The story
Name: E J WEST
Rank: Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Official number: FX 79488
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal (Lost in S.S. Aguila)
Date of death: 1941-08-19
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Thomas Arthur and Ann Taylor West. Native of Saddington, Leicestershire
Rank: Air Mechanic 2nd Class
Official number: FX 79488
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal (Lost in S.S. Aguila)
Date of death: 1941-08-19
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Thomas Arthur and Ann Taylor West. Native of Saddington, Leicestershire
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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