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Petty Officer EDWARD JOHN LOUIS DORNFORD

Service Number: D/JX 136489
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Castletown.

Date of Death

Died 19 November 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GREENOCK CEMETERY

I. Recess. Queen Victoria Ground. Coll. grave 14.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Dornford, and of Edith Dornford, of Everton, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE, MAY HE REST IN PEACE. DUTY NOBLY DONE MY TREASURE
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Buried or commemorated at

GREENOCK CEMETERY
Renfrewshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 275
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