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Telegraphist JOSIAH WILLIAM ASKILL

Service Number: P/WRX 554
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve

H.M.S. Chasseur 07

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTLAND ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

C. of E. Portion. Grave 702.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Josiah and Ethel Askill, of Rugby, Warwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORTLAND ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 238
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