In Memory of
A Sailor of the 1939-1945 War
Royal Navy
November 1943
KNOWN UNTO GOD
Eric George Nuttall MORTON
Leading Seaman
D/JX 125766
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Charybdis
who died on
Saturday 23 October 1943
Cemetery
ANNEVILLE-SUR-MER CHURCHYARD, Manche, France.
Location Information
Anneville-sur-Mer is a village and commune near the west coast of the Cherbourg peninsula, 36 kilometres west of St. Lô.
There are in the churchyard two British war graves ; one about 3 yards south of the south-eastern corner of the church and the other some 6 yards south-south-west of the belfry. The latter is that of an unidentified sailor of the Royal Navy.
Circumstances
Please, follow the CWGC link below to read the tragedic story of the loss of more than 500 sailors of HMS Charybdis and HMS Limbourne during the Battle of Sept-îles:
Lost at Sea: The Sinking of HMS Charybdis | CWGC
Roll of Honour
H.M.S. Charybdis and H.M.S. Limbourne Battle of Sept-îles Roll of Honour
Cemeteries and Memorials
Stoker 2nd Class R.C. BODDY, H.M.S. Charybdis, is also buried in Manche Department, Normandy, at St. Germain-sur-Ay.
Here is below a map of all the cemeteries where the sailors from H.M.S. Charybdis and H.M.S. Limbourne are buried.
The three memorials where are commemorated those with no known grave but the sea, whose bodies were never recovered, have also been added on the map.
© The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
© Imperial War Museum
© RAF WWII 38 Group Squadrons Reunited