The story
Name: R H BUTTON
Rank: Air Mechanic (O) 2nd Class
Official number: FX 680309
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Robin, Grimsetter
Date of death: 1945-03-27
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Orkney
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: SOUTH EALING CEMETERY - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Section CC, Row N, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Harry and Grace Button, of West Ealing
Rank: Air Mechanic (O) 2nd Class
Official number: FX 680309
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Robin, Grimsetter
Date of death: 1945-03-27
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Orkney
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: SOUTH EALING CEMETERY - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Section CC, Row N, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Harry and Grace Button, of West Ealing
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