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| Miscellaneous Memorials | |||
Sydney Clarke | |||
| Rank: | Ldg Acm | Number: | 518910 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 098 Sqn RAF | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | Coastal Command | ||
| Died: | 17/06/1940 | Age: | 25 |
| How Died: | HMS Lancastria ? | ||
| Country of burial: | Lost Overseas | ||
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Runnymede Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Stretford Book | ||
| Extra Information: | |||
Perhaps lost on H.M.S. "Lancastria" ??? During the first nine months of World War II it served as a reserve squadron and from April–June 1940 was based at Nantes, France, though it flew no combat missions. Evacuated back to England during the Battle of France, the Squadron lost 90 of its personnel when the ship RMS Lancastria was bombed and sunk off Saint-Nazaire on the 17th June 1940, with a huge loss of life that was kept secret at the time. | |||
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| St.Bride's (Old Trafford) | |||
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