In Memory Of
USHER, JOHN GEORGE WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
C/KX 103947
Rank:
Stoker 1st Class
Unit:
H.M.S. Cornwall
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1942-04-05
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
62, 3.
Cemetery:
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Kent
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of George Thomas Francis and Emily Elizabeth Usher; husband of Rose Usher, of Cape Town, South Africa.
