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W S TAYLOR — Fleet Air Arm

1945-04-02 · At sea · United Kingdom

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Name: W S TAYLOR
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (A) (TY)
Official number: FX 93106
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1945-04-02
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Taylor; husband of Gladys M Taylor of Hebburn, Co. Durham. Native of Ashington

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