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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Other Subjects
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Lord Balmerino
Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold.
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Thomas William Morfee
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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