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Name: P B LAYCOCK
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-10-26
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2794
Place of death: At sea, Quendale Bay, Shetland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Richard Darby Laycock and Emily Laycock of Margam, Port Talbot
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-10-26
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2794
Place of death: At sea, Quendale Bay, Shetland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Richard Darby Laycock and Emily Laycock of Margam, Port Talbot
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