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Claude Joseph Albert Edwards

Male 1915 - 1942  (27 years)


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  • Name Claude Joseph Albert Edwards 
    Born 11 Nov 1915  Clutton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave ID 14700665 
    Occupation 1929 
    Butcher 
    Military Service 1942 
    Royal Armoured Corps 
    • Tank Driver
    Died 14 Nov 1942  off the coast of Tunisia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Killed whilst aboard the Italian prisoner of war ship S.S. Scillin.

      SS Scillin was a 1,591 GRT cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1903, passed through a succession of owners of various nationalities and had a succession of different names. She was built as HM Pellatt but was successively called Memling, Nicole Le Borgne, Giuliana Pagan, and Scillin Secondo before becoming Scillin in 1937.

      By the time of the Second World War the ship was in Italian ownership. In 1942, a Royal Navy submarine sank her in the Mediterranean Sea when she was transporting over 800 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) from North Africa to Italy, killing nearly all of them. The United Kingdom kept the cause of her sinking secret until 1996, more than 50 years after the event.
    Probate 29 Nov 1946  Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt 
    Person ID I42801  Lasbury Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 

    Father Harry Edwards
              b. 30 Mar 1888, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1978, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Elsie Louise Robbins
              b. 26 Dec 1890, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Nov 1955, Bath, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1912  Clutton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Gwendoline Doreen Boulter
              b. 27 Aug 1913, Clutton, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2002, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 1939  Radstock, Somerset, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John H. Edwards
     2. Antony C. Edwards
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 
    Family ID F17208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Nov 1915 - Clutton, Somerset, England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1939 - Radstock, Somerset, England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Nov 1942 - off the coast of Tunisia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 29 Nov 1946 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Address:
    El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt - - Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt
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