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Able Seaman DOUGLAS RICHARD HITCHMAN

Service Number: D/JX 139315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Prince of Wales.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHELTENHAM CEMETERY, PRESTBURY

Sec. D. 1. Grave 1424.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Mary M. Hitchman, of Cheltenham.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHELTENHAM CEMETERY, PRESTBURY
Gloucestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 188
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