Every Name a Story

S. Marchant 1945
Rank : Able Seaman

Wallsend

Sydney  Marchant

Every Name a Story

In Wallsend (Holy Cross) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

S. Marchant
Able Seaman R.N.V.R.
C/TDX.1787
H.M.S. “Curacoa”
29th September 1945 age 24.

At rest
Safe in God’s keeping
“Till we meet again”.

The son of James Charles and Louise Marchant, of Wallsend.

Able Seaman Marchant survived the sinking of the H.M.S. Curacoa.

Acknowledgments: Barney Rice.

Sydney Marchant is remembered at Wallsend in W7.19 page 40, at Willington Quay on W56.12 slide 22, at Gateshead on G39.103 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Sydney

Last Name: Marchant

Service Number: C/TD/X 1787

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 29/09/1945

Age: 24

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Curacoa

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