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Name: C R RIBY
Rank: Leading Air Mechanic (A)
Official number: D/FX 79996
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hermes
Date of death: 1942-04-09
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea, South of Ceylon
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Richard Evans Riby and Edith Riby; husband of Dorothy Joan Riby
Rank: Leading Air Mechanic (A)
Official number: D/FX 79996
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hermes
Date of death: 1942-04-09
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea, South of Ceylon
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Richard Evans Riby and Edith Riby; husband of Dorothy Joan Riby
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