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Nigel John Crossley - Taken by 28th61st 29 Apr 2015
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brass plaque inside tadmarton church - Taken by Steve Kingsford 21 Jan 2020
Reference WMO/269776
Edit memorial name, location & address- Metal Brass
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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To the Glory of God. This tablet records the addition of a treble bell to the belfrey of this church erected by his family in loving and grateful memory of Lieutenant Commander Nigel John Crossley. Royal Navy. Who died of wounds received while in command of HMS Gipsy 27th November 1939. " Ring out the darkness of the land. Ring in the Christ that is to be."
OTHER INFORMATION Lieutenant Commander Nigel John Crossley. Royal Navy on H.M.S. Gypsy. (H 63) Born 29 May 1904 at Bucklow, Chesire, England to Major, Eric and Janet Boyd Crossley. 1911 with married mother and siblings at Sunrising House, Edgehill, Banbury Husband of Marjorie May Crossley, nee Winterbottom of Tortington, Sussex. On the 21st November 1939 the ship was in the channel to Harwich Harbour. At about 21: 23 hrs she hit a mine laid by German the blast lifted her up out of the water and she broke in half. The ship drifted before she was grounded. He was seriously wounded and died 27 November 1939 aged 35. At rest in St Mary Churchyard, Shotley, Suffolk.
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