The story
Name: E T G LEWIS
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 76789 (FAA/LDX 5321)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-06-06
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4369
Place of death: At sea, North-East of Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Sidney Elvet Lewis and Martha Harries Lewis of Aberystwyth, Wales
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 76789 (FAA/LDX 5321)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-06-06
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4369
Place of death: At sea, North-East of Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Sidney Elvet Lewis and Martha Harries Lewis of Aberystwyth, Wales
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