The story
Name: W G SMITH
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 79499
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5978, coded 'M'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Naval Reservation, Grave 1393
Family details: Son of Jack and Ethel Smith, of Poplar, London; husband of Rebecca Alice Smith, of Poplar, London
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 79499
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5978, coded 'M'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Naval Reservation, Grave 1393
Family details: Son of Jack and Ethel Smith, of Poplar, London; husband of Rebecca Alice Smith, of Poplar, London
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