Service Details
Name:
 BESWETHERICK
Given Name:
 HEDLEY CROSSMAN
Initials:
 H C
Service No:
 68871
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Cornwall
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-05
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Age:
 24
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.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Rene Bestwetherick, of 15, Milner Street, Queenstown. Husband of Mrs. Dorothy Bestwetherick, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Queenstown. A mine sampler.
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 74, Column 2.

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