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Name: P T ECKERSLEY
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 758 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Raven, Eastleigh
Date of death: 1940-08-13
Aircraft: Proctor
Place of death: Worthy Down, Winchester, Hampshire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TYLDESLEY CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 340
Family details: Son of William Eckersley, CBE. J.P., and Eva Mary Eckersley (nee Thorp), of Tyldesley; husband of Audrey E J Eckersley, of Ashley, Cheshire. J.P. , M.P. for Exchange Division of Manchester, 1935-40; Captain Lancashire County Cricket Club, 1929-35
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 758 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Raven, Eastleigh
Date of death: 1940-08-13
Aircraft: Proctor
Place of death: Worthy Down, Winchester, Hampshire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TYLDESLEY CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 340
Family details: Son of William Eckersley, CBE. J.P., and Eva Mary Eckersley (nee Thorp), of Tyldesley; husband of Audrey E J Eckersley, of Ashley, Cheshire. J.P. , M.P. for Exchange Division of Manchester, 1935-40; Captain Lancashire County Cricket Club, 1929-35
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