Person    | Male  Died 11/12/1942

Ordinary Seaman Charles E. Castleman

War dead, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

Ordinary Seaman Charles E. Castleman

Castleman was aboard 'HMS Blean' when it was hit by two torpedos fired from a German U-boat 11 miles North West of Oran Algeria. The ship sunk in 4 minutes, there were 88 other casualties and 94 survivors were rescued. Castleman is also remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.

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Ordinary Seaman Charles E. Castleman

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Hindle House - WW2 - first plaque - first appearance

To the memory of those who fell in the 1939 - 1945 world war. On active servi...

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