The story
Name: S G BAX
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: C/SSX 15409
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hermes
Date of death: 1940-05-16
Aircraft: Swordfish Coded 'H3G'
Place of death: At sea, 8.31N 013.37W
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of George Edward and Beatrice Annie Bax of Westgate-on-Sea, Ramsgate, Kent
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: C/SSX 15409
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hermes
Date of death: 1940-05-16
Aircraft: Swordfish Coded 'H3G'
Place of death: At sea, 8.31N 013.37W
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of George Edward and Beatrice Annie Bax of Westgate-on-Sea, Ramsgate, Kent
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