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Able Seaman HOWARD CORNWELL

Service Number: P/JX 296741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Assegai

Date of Death

Died 25 November 1942

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH END) CEMETERY

H Extension. Grave 33S.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert C Cornwell, and Mabel E Cornwell, of Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
  • Personal Inscription FOREVER ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH END) CEMETERY
Eastern Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 187
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