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1915 - 1942 (27 years)
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Name |
Claude Joseph Albert Edwards |
Born |
11 Nov 1915 |
Clutton, Somerset, England, UK |
Gender |
Male |
FindaGrave ID |
14700665 |
Occupation |
1929 |
Butcher |
Military Service |
1942 |
Royal Armoured Corps |
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Died |
14 Nov 1942 |
off the coast of Tunisia |
- 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.
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Probate |
29 Nov 1946 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
Buried |
Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt |
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 d. 1978, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK (Age 89 years) |
Mother |
Elsie Louise Robbins b. 26 Dec 1890, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England, UK d. 30 Nov 1955, Bath, Somerset, England, UK (Age 64 years) |
Married |
1912 |
Clutton, Somerset, England, UK |
Family ID |
F17209 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Wife |
Gwendoline Doreen Boulter b. 27 Aug 1913, Clutton, Somerset, England, UK d. 2002, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK (Age 88 years) |
Married |
1939 |
Radstock, Somerset, England, UK |
Children |
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Last Modified |
10 Jan 2024 |
Family ID |
F17208 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Born - 11 Nov 1915 - Clutton, Somerset, England, UK |
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| Married - 1939 - Radstock, Somerset, England, UK |
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| Died - 14 Nov 1942 - off the coast of Tunisia |
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| Probate - 29 Nov 1946 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
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| Buried - Address: El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt - - Alamein, Mutrah, Egypt |
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