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Name: P H RYLANDS
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1940-05-28
Aircraft: Swordfish K 6009, coded '5B'
Place of death: Dover Straits
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: BRESKENS (KIJKUIT) GENERAL CEMETERY - Zeeland
Commemoration details: Row W,Grave 19
Family details: Son of Herbert James Rylands and Amelia Nelson Rylands, of Leicester
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1940-05-28
Aircraft: Swordfish K 6009, coded '5B'
Place of death: Dover Straits
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: BRESKENS (KIJKUIT) GENERAL CEMETERY - Zeeland
Commemoration details: Row W,Grave 19
Family details: Son of Herbert James Rylands and Amelia Nelson Rylands, of Leicester
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