- First Name(s):CharlesHenryDouglas
- Surname:ROWBERRY
- Service Number:PJX262718
- Rank:
Leading Seaman
- Conflict:WW2
- Service:Navy
- Naval Service:Royal Navy
- Ship:HMS President III
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:1st November 1942
- Age At Death:29
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 63, Column 1.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Charles and Edith Mary Rowberry, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire
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B.A. Hons. (Birmingham).
Douglas Rowberry was from Wollaston and the son of Charles Rowberry, deputy head of the Wollaston Schools. He was educated at King Edward’s School and the University of Birmingham. He enlisted in the Royal Navy and was posted to HMS President III at Dedworth Manor, Eton. He was trained to serve in DEMS, the defensively equipped merchant ships that were so important in bringing in both the war material and the food necessary for Britain’s survival.
The following information has been researched by Sandra Taylor:
A letter from H.J. Winnington, Honorary Secretary of PCC, St James Church, Wollaston dated 17th December 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Douglas Rowberry, Worcestershire Regiment be added to the county roll of honour.
Charles Rowberry has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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