The story
Name: G W H OAKES
Rank: Air Mechanic (O) 2nd Class
Official number: FX 680768
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. President IV
Date of death: 1944-08-05
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Malden, Surrey
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BARROW-IN-FURNESS CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section 3, C of E, Grave 1633
Family details: Son of Percy Frederick and Eliza Ellen Oakes, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness
Rank: Air Mechanic (O) 2nd Class
Official number: FX 680768
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. President IV
Date of death: 1944-08-05
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Malden, Surrey
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BARROW-IN-FURNESS CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section 3, C of E, Grave 1633
Family details: Son of Percy Frederick and Eliza Ellen Oakes, of Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness
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