The story
Name: H A WILCOX
Rank: Air Artificer 4th Class
Official number: FX 75859
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Walrus L 2295
Place of death: RAF Clampalnivu, Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Grave 22
Family details: Son of Alfred John and Maude Mary Wilcox, of Milton, Southsea, Hampshire. Native of Portsmouth, Hampshire
Rank: Air Artificer 4th Class
Official number: FX 75859
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Walrus L 2295
Place of death: RAF Clampalnivu, Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Grave 22
Family details: Son of Alfred John and Maude Mary Wilcox, of Milton, Southsea, Hampshire. Native of Portsmouth, Hampshire
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