The story
Name: G YATES
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: S/FX 2261
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hannibal
Date of death: 1943-04-30
Aircraft: Albacore T 8259
Place of death: Bone, Algeria
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Commemoration details: Plot I, Row C, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Arthur and Florence Yates, of Chaddesden, Derby. Native of Failsworth, Lancashire
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: S/FX 2261
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hannibal
Date of death: 1943-04-30
Aircraft: Albacore T 8259
Place of death: Bone, Algeria
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BONE WAR CEMETERY, ANNABA
Commemoration details: Plot I, Row C, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Arthur and Florence Yates, of Chaddesden, Derby. Native of Failsworth, Lancashire
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