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, WW2
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W. Humphris Winny, OBE, AMIEE
Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1891-1927. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The 1904 publication "St Martin-le-Grand, Vol. XIV" contains an article written ...
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War dead, WW1
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War dead, WW1
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