EDWARDS Walter

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
  • Surname:
    EDWARDS
  • Service Number:
    DMX102701
  • Rank:

    Ordnance Mechanic 4th Class

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Charybdis
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd October 1943
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 82, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of William and Rose Ann Edwards, of Redditch, Worcestershire

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EDWARDS Walter Is Named On These Memorials

Redditch St George’s Church WW2 Memorial
Redditch War Memorial

Further Information About EDWARDS Walter

HMS Charybdis was an anti-aircraft cruiser. On 20th October 1943 she was assigned to Operation Tunnel, a British Operation aimed at intercepting and sinking enemy ships attempting to get through the Channel. The British force consisting of Charybdis and a number of destroyers sailed from Plymouth at 19.00 hours on 22nd October 1943. In the early hours of 23rd October whilst of the coast of Brittany Charybdis was hit by two torpedoes ten minutes apart. She sank at around 02.30 with the loss of 460 men, 107 of her crew were saved. HMS Limbourne was also sunk during the same action.

Walter Edwards has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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