The story
Name: S R SMAILES
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 76546
Role: Air Gunner 2nd Class
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 2
Family details: Son of Gilbert Ross Smailes and Margaret Ann Smailes of Fareham, Hampshire. Native of Chitton, Somerset
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 76546
Role: Air Gunner 2nd Class
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 2
Family details: Son of Gilbert Ross Smailes and Margaret Ann Smailes of Fareham, Hampshire. Native of Chitton, Somerset
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