British Cemetery

British Cemetery

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Ocracoke, Hyde County, North Carolina

N 35° 07' 00"
W 075° 58' 50"

Directions:

British Cemetery Road

Stanley R. Craig Click image to view large image (138 kb) D-JX228834 ORD. TEL. STANLEY R. CRAIG ROYAL NAVY H. M. S. BEDFORDSHIRE 11 MAY 1942 AGE 24 BODY FOUND MAY 14, 1942	unknown sailor Click image to view large image (135 kb) UNKNOWN SAILOR ROYAL NAVY 1939 -- 45 WAR BODY FOUND MAY 14, 1942	Thomas Cunningham Click image to view large image (135 kb) LT. THOMAS CUNNINGHAM ROYAL NAVY H. M. S. BEDFORDSHIRE 11 MAY 1942 AGE 27 BODY FOUND MAY 14, 1942
Frederick W. Barnes Click image to view large image (163 kb) FREDERICK W. BARNES ENGINEMAN R.N.V.R. H.M.T. BEDFORDSHIRE 16TH MAR 1911 - 11TH MAY 1942 KILLED IN ACTION BELIEVED BURIED OCRACOKE ISLAND NORTH CAROLINA, U.S.A.	unknown sailor Click image to view large image (133 kb) UNKNOWN SAILOR ROYAL NAVY 1939 -- 45 WAR BODY FOUND MAY 14, 1942	Charles William White Click image to view large image (131 kb) CHARLES WM. WHITE TELEGRAPHIST R.N. H.M.T. BEDFORDSHIRE K.I.A. MAY 11, 1942 AGE 23 HOME COUNTRY LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND

NOTES:

During World War II, the British antisubmarine trawler the H.M.S. Bedfordshire was assigned to the U.S. Navy. On May 11, 1942, the Bedfordshire was torpedoed by a German submarine off the North Carolina coast and the entire crew was lost. The bodies of four of the crew members were recovered and buried at this grave site.
This is the complete cemetery as of August 20, 2003.
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