Killed in the explosion on HMS Glowworm

St Leonards, Bridgnorth, Shropshire 
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The church is still consecrated but is not in regular use.
 
 
H.M.S. Glowworm served in Lowestoft before being sent to Northern Russia in September 1918. The ship was damaged after a barge exploded alongside her on 24th August 1919. Surgeon Lieutenant Richard Thursfield was one of the fatalities.
 
Visited - October 2012

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