The story
Name: L W GURDEN
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115084
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1945-01-02
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 931
Place of death: Beinn an Orr, Jura, Ayr
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: BOWMORE NEW PARISH CHURCHYARD, ISLE OF ISLAY - Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Grave 627
Family details: Son of Thomas William Ernest and Alice Victoria Gurden, of Neasden, Middlesex
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115084
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1945-01-02
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 931
Place of death: Beinn an Orr, Jura, Ayr
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: BOWMORE NEW PARISH CHURCHYARD, ISLE OF ISLAY - Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Grave 627
Family details: Son of Thomas William Ernest and Alice Victoria Gurden, of Neasden, Middlesex
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