The story
Name: H A POLLEY
Rank: Leading Radio Mechanic
Official number: FX 88300
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 786 / 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-11-05
Aircraft: Albacore N 4357
Place of death: Firth of Forth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Walter Bernard and Claudia Rose Polley, of Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent. Native of Cricklewood
Rank: Leading Radio Mechanic
Official number: FX 88300
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 786 / 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-11-05
Aircraft: Albacore N 4357
Place of death: Firth of Forth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Walter Bernard and Claudia Rose Polley, of Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent. Native of Cricklewood
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