The story
Name: M F SOMERVILLE
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 808 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-05-08
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, Commander of the Mediterranean Force
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 808 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-05-08
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, Commander of the Mediterranean Force
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