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Leading Seaman CHARLES EDWARD ACTON

Service Number: J/4297
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. "Surprise."

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY

I. 20.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Elizabeth Ann Acton, of Derby House, Grosvenor Square, Sale, Manchester. Born at Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR ENGLAND'S HONOUR & THE GLORY OF THE SEA MOTHER & DAD
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