The story
Name: S G J APPLEBY
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1940-12-11
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4253
Place of death: At sea, off Europa Point, Gibraltar
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Sidney George Appleby formerly of the Grenadier Guards; husband of Pamela Lois Appleby of Roborough, Plymouth, Devon
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1940-12-11
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4253
Place of death: At sea, off Europa Point, Gibraltar
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Sidney George Appleby formerly of the Grenadier Guards; husband of Pamela Lois Appleby of Roborough, Plymouth, Devon
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