The story
Name: R L NEWELL
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91011
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 756 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1942-07-07
Aircraft: Proctor II BV 591
Place of death: South of Abingdon, Berkshire
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: THURROCK (CHADWELL ST MARY) CEMETERY - Essex
Commemoration details: Section 6, Grave 12
Family details: Son of William Leonard and Isabel Daisy Newell, of Tilbury
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91011
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 756 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1942-07-07
Aircraft: Proctor II BV 591
Place of death: South of Abingdon, Berkshire
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: THURROCK (CHADWELL ST MARY) CEMETERY - Essex
Commemoration details: Section 6, Grave 12
Family details: Son of William Leonard and Isabel Daisy Newell, of Tilbury
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