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Name: W J TILLEY
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: SR 415
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RNSR
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1944-08-22
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Willesden
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: MINSTER-IN-SHEPPEY (SS MARY AND SEXBURGA) NEW CHURCHYARD - Kent
Commemoration details: Section W, Grave 17
Family details: Son of Elizabeth Tilley, of Sheerness East. Native of Minster, Kent
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: SR 415
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RNSR
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1944-08-22
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Willesden
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: MINSTER-IN-SHEPPEY (SS MARY AND SEXBURGA) NEW CHURCHYARD - Kent
Commemoration details: Section W, Grave 17
Family details: Son of Elizabeth Tilley, of Sheerness East. Native of Minster, Kent
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