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Able Seaman WILLIAM STANLEY COCK

Service Number: D/J 70505
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Adventure.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1939

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 1219.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Cock, of Barnstaple, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET IS THE MEMORY THAT NEVER FADES OF ONE WE LOVED BUT COULD NOT SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1218
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