The story
Name: F A REES
Rank: Chief Petty Officer (Air Fitter)
Official number: FX 75210
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Courageous
Date of death: 1939-09-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea, West of Ireland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Francis Lewis Rees and Harriet Florence Rees; husband of Mary Elsie Rees of Wickham, Hampshire. Native of Portsmouth, Hampshire
Rank: Chief Petty Officer (Air Fitter)
Official number: FX 75210
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Courageous
Date of death: 1939-09-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea, West of Ireland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Francis Lewis Rees and Harriet Florence Rees; husband of Mary Elsie Rees of Wickham, Hampshire. Native of Portsmouth, Hampshire
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