Born
1920
Birthplace
Somerset area (civil reg. district)
Died
25 Nov 1941, age 21 (lost on HMS Barham) (aged c. 21)
Place of death
At sea / Portsmouth Naval Memorial
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Child of (father unknown) Chedgzoy and Sutton, Somerset area. Siblings: Edwin C (1912), Henry H (1914), Kathleen M (1918), Cyril J (1920), Eric H (1921), Edna J (1923). Birth registered 1920 [civil registration, Chedzoy spelling]. [2026-06-13 CWGC] FALLEN -- WW2. Cyril James Chedzoy, b. ~1920 Somerset (DB birth-index), Canteen Assistant, NAAFI, aboard HMS BARHAM. DIED 25 Nov 1941, age 21, when HMS Barham was torpedoed by U-331 off the North African coast and blew up (~860 lost; the explosion was famously filmed). Commemorated PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL (Panel 61, Col 2). Source: CWGC. Confident (Cyril rare; b.1920 Somerset matches age 21).

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