The story
Name: R G POOLE
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 79428
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peregrine, Ford
Date of death: 1940-06-21
Aircraft: Albacore L 7081
Place of death: Netherlands
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY - Noord-Holland
Commemoration details: Plot K, Row 1, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Robert Young Poole and Lily Poole; husband of Vera Penn Poole, of Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 79428
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peregrine, Ford
Date of death: 1940-06-21
Aircraft: Albacore L 7081
Place of death: Netherlands
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TEXEL (DEN BURG) CEMETERY - Noord-Holland
Commemoration details: Plot K, Row 1, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Robert Young Poole and Lily Poole; husband of Vera Penn Poole, of Bishopstoke, Eastleigh, Hampshire
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