They made the Ultimate Sacrifice

 

Raymond Harold Morris

 

Ordinary Seaman, D/JX 188759, Royal Navy

 

Died: 25 Jun 1940 at sea

 

MORRIS, Raymond Harold, OS, D/JX 188759, RN, killed - 25 Jun 1940, HMCS FRASER - Son of Charles Cable and Mary Elizabeth Morris of Pontymoile, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales.

 

OS Morris died when his ship, HMCS FRASER, was in a collision with HMS CALCUTTA 12 miles due west of Pointe de la Coubre light at the Gironde River mouth and sank as a result with the loss of 65 of her crew.  His body was recovered and his is buried in the Pornic War Cemetery, Pornic, France.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS FRASER

 

Headstone for OS Morris

Source: Find-a-Grave

 


 

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