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CPO. Charles Dungey
Royal Navy HMS Monmouth
from:Mutley, Plymouth.
(d.1st Nov 1914)
Chief Petty Officer Charles Dungey served in the Royal Navy during WW1. He was killed in action on the 1st November 1914, aged 47 and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth.
He was the son of the late Edward and Amelia Dungey, of Veryan, Grampound Rd., Cornwall; Husband of Bessie J. Dungey, of 38, Elm Rd., Mannamead, Mutley, Plymouth.
HMS Monmouth sunk in Battle of Coronel when Admiral Cradock's Force was effectively ambushed by von Spee’s squadron. The Monmouth’s 6in guns were outranged by the 8.2in guns carried on von Spee’s best ships, the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau. The Monmouth was lost with all hands without being able to inflict any damage on the German ships.