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.
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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...
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Gunner Francis John Tugwell
Francis John Tugwell was born in 1925, the eldest of the five children of Francis William Tugwell (1901-1995) and Stella Lillian Tugwell née Vincent (1901-1975). His birth was registered in the 1st...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Pilot Officer Joseph Ellsworth Durham
Joseph Ellsworth Durham was born on 16 August 1915 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA, the only son and the fourth of the five children of Joseph Ellsworth Durham (1884-1981) and Lydia ...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
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