The story
Name: W J HOBBS
Rank: Leading Seaman (PENS)
Official number: C/J 546
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Pembroke (Lost in S.S. Almeda Star)
Date of death: 1941-01-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent
Commemoration details: Panel 41, Column 3
Rank: Leading Seaman (PENS)
Official number: C/J 546
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Pembroke (Lost in S.S. Almeda Star)
Date of death: 1941-01-17
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent
Commemoration details: Panel 41, Column 3
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