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Name: C M RICHARDS
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-06-03
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9731
Place of death: At sea, East Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Somme
Commemoration details: Plot 7, Row A, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Rowland Maurice William and Ella Lucy Richards, of Ealing, Middlesex
Rank: P/Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-06-03
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9731
Place of death: At sea, East Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION - Somme
Commemoration details: Plot 7, Row A, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Rowland Maurice William and Ella Lucy Richards, of Ealing, Middlesex
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