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Name: N J CORNES
Rank: Temp Acting Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1942-07-09
Aircraft: Skua
Place of death: Scapa Flow
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Grave 26
Family details: Son of Julian and Lilian Amy Cornes, of Buntingford, Hertfordshire; husband of Amelia Cornes, of Half-Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica.
Rank: Temp Acting Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1942-07-09
Aircraft: Skua
Place of death: Scapa Flow
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY, Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Grave 26
Family details: Son of Julian and Lilian Amy Cornes, of Buntingford, Hertfordshire; husband of Amelia Cornes, of Half-Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica.
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