The story
Name: J R CROSSLEY
Rank: Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 800 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-20
Aircraft: Skua L 2999
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Commander John Graham Crossley R.N. and Sybil Frances Crossley of Hawkshead, Lancashire
Rank: Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 800 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-20
Aircraft: Skua L 2999
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Commander John Graham Crossley R.N. and Sybil Frances Crossley of Hawkshead, Lancashire
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