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Commander JAMES LINDSAY POPPLETON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Mersey

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1942

Age 57 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOVE NEW CEMETERY

Block 4. Grave 743.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Caroline Anghared Poppleton; husband of Emily Poppleton, of Hove.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE, PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOVE NEW CEMETERY
Sussex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 69
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