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Horace Wakeland Smith

Ordinary Seaman
Service no. C/JX 277163

 

Horace died when HMS Electra was sunk.
Nothing more is known about him.

 

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:


Casualty Details
 HORACE WAKELAND SMITH
Nationality: United Kingdom 
Rank: Ordinary Seaman 
Regiment: Royal Navy 
Unit Text: H.M.S. Electra 
Age: 30 
Date of Death: 27/02/1942 
Service No: C/JX 277163 
Additional information: Son of Harold and Frances Smith; husband of Elizabeth Wakeland Smith, of Highwood, Essex. M.A. (Cantab.). 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead 
Grave/Memorial Reference: 58, 1. 
Cemetery: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL 

 

 

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