The story
Name: F C MOORE
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 80800
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 810 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1940-09-24
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8862, coded 'A2M'
Place of death: At sea, off Dakar
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Walter Ernest and Sarah Jane Moore of Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 80800
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 810 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1940-09-24
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8862, coded 'A2M'
Place of death: At sea, off Dakar
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Walter Ernest and Sarah Jane Moore of Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales
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