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Able Seaman PERCY R. CORNFORD

Service Number: P/SD/X1298
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Sturdy.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOROBY BURIAL GROUND, ISLE OF TIREE

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Edward and Louisa Cornford, of Worthing, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

SOROBY BURIAL GROUND, ISLE OF TIREE
Argyllshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 27
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