The story
Name: C WAKEFIELD
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115036
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 710 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Albatross
Date of death: 1943-04-19
Aircraft: Walrus
Place of death: Bombay, India
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 8, Row J, Grave 11
Family details: Son of James and Sarah Ann Wakefield, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115036
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 710 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Albatross
Date of death: 1943-04-19
Aircraft: Walrus
Place of death: Bombay, India
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 8, Row J, Grave 11
Family details: Son of James and Sarah Ann Wakefield, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, Lancashire
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