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Name: E K ESMONDE
Rank: Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5984, coded 'H'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Naval Reservation, Grave 187 RC
Family details: Son of John Joseph and Eily Esmonde, of Drominagh, Co. Tipperary, Republic of Ireland
Rank: Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5984, coded 'H'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Naval Reservation, Grave 187 RC
Family details: Son of John Joseph and Eily Esmonde, of Drominagh, Co. Tipperary, Republic of Ireland
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