The story
Name: R A L COMBES
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Official number: P/FX 80523
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hood
Date of death: 1941-05-24
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Commemoration details: Panel 50, Column 2
Family details: Son of Percy and Amy Combes, of Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth. Native of Poole, Dorset
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Official number: P/FX 80523
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hood
Date of death: 1941-05-24
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Commemoration details: Panel 50, Column 2
Family details: Son of Percy and Amy Combes, of Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth. Native of Poole, Dorset
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