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Chief Petty Officer Cook RICHARD FOARD POWTON

Service Number: D/M 37983
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1939

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY CEMETERY, FALKLAND ISLANDS

Sec. L. Grave 1149.

Falkland Islands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Louise Powton: husband of Stella Powton, of Okehampton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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