The story
Name: R SHANNON
Rank: Acting Leading Air Mechanic (E)
Official number: FX 76768
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus (Lost in S.S. Almeda Star)
Date of death: 1941-01-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 4
Family details: Son of John and Lizzie Shannon of Bantry, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland. Native of Skibbereen, Cork, Republic of Ireland.
Rank: Acting Leading Air Mechanic (E)
Official number: FX 76768
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus (Lost in S.S. Almeda Star)
Date of death: 1941-01-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 4
Family details: Son of John and Lizzie Shannon of Bantry, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland. Native of Skibbereen, Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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