The story
Name: W G T WELSH
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: P/FX 76532
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. St Angelo / Hal Far, Malta
Date of death: 1941-05-07
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4232
Place of death: North Africa
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 1
Family details: Son of John George and Janet Gilbertson Welsh of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Native of Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: P/FX 76532
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. St Angelo / Hal Far, Malta
Date of death: 1941-05-07
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4232
Place of death: North Africa
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 1
Family details: Son of John George and Janet Gilbertson Welsh of Brydekirk, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Native of Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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