The story
Name: J S TOOZE
Rank: Petty Officer Writer
Official number: D/MX 53524
Role: Squadron Writer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 / 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1940-10-25
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2747
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot P, Row 3, Grave 14
Family details: Son of William Henry Coles Tooze and Emily H Tooze, of Braunton, Devon. Natave of Barnstable, Devon
Rank: Petty Officer Writer
Official number: D/MX 53524
Role: Squadron Writer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 / 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1940-10-25
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2747
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot P, Row 3, Grave 14
Family details: Son of William Henry Coles Tooze and Emily H Tooze, of Braunton, Devon. Natave of Barnstable, Devon
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