GRICE-HUTCHINSON Charles Rowad

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
    Rowad 
  • Surname:
    GRICE-HUTCHINSON
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant Commander

  • Conflict:
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS London
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th May 1949
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Hong Kong
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, England.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

GRICE-HUTCHINSON Charles Rowad Is Named On These Memorials

Hook Chapel of the Good Shepherd Grice-Hutchinson Memorial Window

Further Information About GRICE-HUTCHINSON Charles Rowad

Born 21st March 1917.  Awarded Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) and Bar.

The inscription on the window reads:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF COMMANDER CHARLES
ROWAD GRICE-HUTCHINSON D.S.C. AND BAR, ROYAL NAVY
MORTALLY WOUNDED IN ACTION ON YANGTSE RIVER APRIL 21ST 1949
WHILE NAVIGATING OFFICER OF HMS LONDON. DIED AT HONG KONG MAY 6TH 1949.
So he passed over and all the trumpets
sounded for him on the other side.”

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