Memorial to the Captain of the Rawalpindi. High Wycombe, Bucks.

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  1. Little Friend

    Little Friend Senior Member

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    I took these today.. 18-11-17 at All Saints Church, High Wycombe, Bucks.
     
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  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Captain KENNEDY, EDWARD COVERLEY
    Died 23/11/1939

    Aged 60

    H.M.S. Rawalpindi
    Royal Navy

    Mentioned in Despatches

    Legion D'Honneur. Husband of Rosalind Kennedy, of Edinburgh.


    On 23 November 1939, HMS Rawalpindi (Capt. Edward Coverley Kennedy, RN) on Northern Patrol was shelled and sunk by the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst southeast of Iceland in the Iceland-Faroe passage in position 63º40'N, 12º31'W. 275 dead and 37 survivors. The battlecruiser had tried to break out into the Atlantic together with the sistership Gneisenau. The ships returned to Germany to avoid the now searching warships of the British Home Fleet.

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    Allied Warships of WWII - Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rawalpindi - uboat.net
     
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  4. Little Friend

    Little Friend Senior Member

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    A few more from outside the Church today.
     
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  5. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

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