HAMILTON John Duncan

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Duncan 
  • Surname:
    HAMILTON
  • Service Number:
    J0
  • Rank:

    Commander

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Charybdis
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd October 1943
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Dinard English Cemetery, France, Row G. Grave 22.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Engineer Rear-Admiral John Hamilton and Evangeline Mary Hamilton; husband of Isobel Betty Sandemen Hamilton, of Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire

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HAMILTON John Duncan Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove School WW2 Memorial

Further Information About HAMILTON John Duncan

HMS Charybdis was and 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.

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