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O.J.S. de Smet 1943
Rank : Donkeyman

Chester le Street

Oscar J. Sylvester  de Smet

Every Name a Story

In Ropery Lane Cemetery is the Ministry of Defence headstone of:

O.J. Sylvester de Smet
Donkeyman
S.S. “Cragside”
11th April 1943.

Ministry of Defence headstones are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. There is no CWGC entry for Donkeyman de Smet.

Oscar J. Sylvester de Smet is remembered at Chester le Street in C105.05 page 14, C105.38 and C105.40 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Oscar J. Sylvester

Last Name: de Smet

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 11/04/1943

Rank: Donkeyman

Served in: Merchant Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Cragside

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