The story
Name: W LOVATT
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: L/FX 82396
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 2nd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Theseus
Date of death: 1947-07-20
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: Off Melbourne, Australia
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 7
Family details: Son of William and Susan Lovatt of South Shields
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: L/FX 82396
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 2nd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Theseus
Date of death: 1947-07-20
Aircraft: Firefly
Place of death: Off Melbourne, Australia
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 7
Family details: Son of William and Susan Lovatt of South Shields
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