The story
Name: W H JACQUES
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: [FX 90852]
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-05-02
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 850
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of John Kerredge Jacques and Dorothy Jacques of Feltham, Middlesex
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: [FX 90852]
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-05-02
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 850
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of John Kerredge Jacques and Dorothy Jacques of Feltham, Middlesex
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