In Memory of
Robert Charles BODDY
Stoker 2nd Class
D/KX 165673
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Charybdis
who died on
Saturday 23 October 1943
Cemetery
ST. GERMAIN-SUR-AY CHURCHYARD
Location Information
The village and commune of St. Germain-sur-Ay is some 5 kilometres north-west of Lessay, a small town on the western side of the Cherbourg peninsula. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1939-1945 war here, 15 metres south-west of the belfry.
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
Leading Seaman E.G.N. MORTON, H.M.S. Charybdis, is also buried in Manche Department, Normandy, at Anneville-sur-Mer.
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