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In memory of
John Hansard
First Class Stoker
H.M.S. Charybdis
Lost by enemy action
23 October 1943
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St David Little Dewchurch
Herefordshire
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John William
Hansard
14th July 1922
Fulham, London
23rd October 1943
H.M.S. Charybdis was sunk by German torpedo boats at 01:38 in the morning off the north coast of Brittany, France within the English Channel with the loss of over 400 personnel including John
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Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
Second World War
Stoker 1st Class
HMS Charybdis Royal Navy
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