The story
Name: L W C STURGES
Rank: Sergeant Pilot
Official number: 740147
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RAFVR
Squadron: 804 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-05-31
Aircraft: Sea Gladiator
Place of death: Hatston
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Grave 29
Family details: Son of Albert and Esther Lilian Sturges, of Heston, Middlesex; husband of Enid Sarah Sturges.
Rank: Sergeant Pilot
Official number: 740147
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RAFVR
Squadron: 804 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-05-31
Aircraft: Sea Gladiator
Place of death: Hatston
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Grave 29
Family details: Son of Albert and Esther Lilian Sturges, of Heston, Middlesex; husband of Enid Sarah Sturges.
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