The story
Name: G A LAWRENCE
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Official number: 535681
Role: Navigator
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-03-11
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8371, coded 'G4B'
Place of death: Hal Far, Malta
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery
Commemoration details: Prot Section (Men's), Plot D, Grave 701
Family details: Son of George William and Edith Lawrence of Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Official number: 535681
Role: Navigator
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-03-11
Aircraft: Swordfish K 8371, coded 'G4B'
Place of death: Hal Far, Malta
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery
Commemoration details: Prot Section (Men's), Plot D, Grave 701
Family details: Son of George William and Edith Lawrence of Ashby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
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