Service Details
Name:
 PAXTON
Given Name:
 JOHN OGILVY
Initials:
 J O
Service No:
 D/KX 97599
Rank:
 Leading Stoker
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Jaguar
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-26
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Hit by two torpedoes from German submarine U-652. (Fraatz).The ship caught fire and sank in a short time.
Additional
Information:
Son of Andrew Paxton, and of Jessie P. Paxton, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 69, Column 3.

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