The story
Name: J G JACOBS
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Official number: 521000
Role: -
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Courageous
Date of death: 1939-09-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea, West of Ireland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 2
Family details: Son of Henry John and Emma Lucy Jacobs, of Woodford, Essex. His brother, William Frederick, also died on service.
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Official number: 521000
Role: -
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Courageous
Date of death: 1939-09-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea, West of Ireland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 2
Family details: Son of Henry John and Emma Lucy Jacobs, of Woodford, Essex. His brother, William Frederick, also died on service.
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