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Frank Legg

Petty Officer Cook

 

A ceremony was held in Stanley on Monday December 18th when P O Frank Legg and Ch P O Richard Powton, members of the crew of HMS Exeter, who died of wounds during the Battle off the River Plate, they were laid to rest in Stanley Cemetery with full Naval Honours.

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Information provided by CWGC

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:

FRANK LEGG
Nationality: United Kingdom 
Rank: Petty Officer Cook 
Regiment: Royal Navy 
Unit Text: H.M.S. Exeter. 
Age: 52 
Date of Death: 16/12/1939 
Service No: D/MX52427 
Additional information: Husband of Laura Legg, of Ipswich, Suffolk. 
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead 
Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. J. Grave 1148. 
Cemetery: STANLEY CEMETERY, FALKLAND ISLANDS 

 

 

 

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