Service Details
Name:
 USHER
Given Name:
 JOHN GEORGE WILLIAM
Initials:
 J G W
Service No:
 C/KX 103947
Rank:
 Stoker 1st Class
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Cornwall
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-05
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. CORNWALL and her sister ship Dorsetshire were detached from the Fleet when they were sighted by Japanese aircraft. A little later they were overwhelmed by approximately 50 dive-bombers whose accurate attack sank both ships quickly; 190 of Cornwall's crew of 650 were lost.
Additional
Information:
Son of George Thomas Francis and Emily Elizabeth Usher; husband of Rose Usher, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Kent
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Cemetery:
 CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 62, 3.

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