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Also Arthur their son
Lost at sea March 1942
Aged 19
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Hereford Cemetery
Herefordshire
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Arthur
Wood
28th October 1921
Hereford, Herefordshire
4th March 1942
HMS Anking was sunk by gunfire from Japanese cruisers about 200 miles east of Christmas Island whilst sailing in convoy from Batavia to Australia in the Pacific Ocean - Arthur was lost either in the sinking or in the sea
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Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
Second World War
Able Seaman
HMS Anking Royal Navy
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