The story
Name: RUSSELL
Rank: Sergeant
Official number: 565278
Role: -
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 263 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-06-08
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 19
Family details: Son of Frederick William J. and May Hope Russell, of Hurst Green, Sussex.
Rank: Sergeant
Official number: 565278
Role: -
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 263 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-06-08
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 19
Family details: Son of Frederick William J. and May Hope Russell, of Hurst Green, Sussex.
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