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Name: J M FRANKLIN
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-06-08
Aircraft: Swordfish -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Commander Cyril Prescott Franklin DSO R.N. and Marjorie Franklin of Radlett, Hertfordshire. His brother, Sgt William Henry James Franklin BEM also died on service
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-06-08
Aircraft: Swordfish -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Commander Cyril Prescott Franklin DSO R.N. and Marjorie Franklin of Radlett, Hertfordshire. His brother, Sgt William Henry James Franklin BEM also died on service
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