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Galley Boy RAYMOND VICTOR STEED

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. "Empire Morn" (Barrow-in-Furness)

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1943

Age 14 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEN M'SIK EUROPEAN CEMETERY

Plot 59A. Row 1. Grave 1.

Morocco

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Raymond V. Steed is the youngest known Second World War service death.
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Buried or commemorated at

BEN M'SIK EUROPEAN CEMETERY
Morocco
Number of casualties: 47
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