The story
Name: J ATHERTON
Rank: Petty Officer Air Fitter
Official number: P/MX 98950
Service/attached: RN
Ship/station: H.M.S. Holombe
Date of death: 1943-12-12
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Panel 78, Column 3
Family details: Son of Harold and Elizabeth Atherton; husband of Eileen Atherton, of Preston, Lancashire
Rank: Petty Officer Air Fitter
Official number: P/MX 98950
Service/attached: RN
Ship/station: H.M.S. Holombe
Date of death: 1943-12-12
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Panel 78, Column 3
Family details: Son of Harold and Elizabeth Atherton; husband of Eileen Atherton, of Preston, Lancashire
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