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Name: R W V HAMILTON
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1940-11-26
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4224
Place of death: At sea, Mediterranean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEROS WAR CEMETERY, Leros
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 3
Family details: Son of William John Rodney Hamilton and of Elsie Kathleen May Hamilton, of Clapham Common, London
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1940-11-26
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4224
Place of death: At sea, Mediterranean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEROS WAR CEMETERY, Leros
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 3
Family details: Son of William John Rodney Hamilton and of Elsie Kathleen May Hamilton, of Clapham Common, London
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