The story
Name: A E ATKIN
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 79443
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-07-10
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9772
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row A, Grave 19
Family details: Native of Portsmouth
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 79443
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-07-10
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9772
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row A, Grave 19
Family details: Native of Portsmouth
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