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Also of her beloved son
Charles
Presumed killed in action Sep 20 1941
Aged 24
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St Lawrence Weston-under-Penyard
Herefordshire
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Alfred Charles
Attwood
1917
Dymock, Gloucestershire
20th September 1941
Killed in action on a Catalina flying boat W8411. It failed to return from a patrol of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean - they were based in Singapore. The plane had a crew of nine - all of whom lost their lives and are remembered on the Singapore Memorial
24
Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Second World War
Aircraftman 1st Class
205 Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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