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Stkr. 2Cl. Oswald Clarkson
Royal Navy HMS Phoebe
from:Burnhope, Durham
(d.23rd October 1942)
Stoker 2nd Class Oswald Clarkson was the son of Ralph and Margaret Anne Clarkson, of Burnhope, Durham.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.