The story
Name: W S SHOTTON
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77299
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Empire McCabe
Date of death: 1944-05-27
Aircraft: -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Hilda Shotton of Whitburn, Co. Durham. Native of South Shields, County Durham
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77299
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Empire McCabe
Date of death: 1944-05-27
Aircraft: -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Hilda Shotton of Whitburn, Co. Durham. Native of South Shields, County Durham
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