Altrincham WW2 

Ronald Caine

Rank:Stoker 1Number:D/KX 122235
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:Royal Navy
Name of Rgt or Ship:H.M.S. Dorsetshire
Died:05/04/1942Age:30
How Died:Killed at Sea
Country of burial:Lost at SeaGrave Photo:Yes
Cemetery or Memorial:Plymouth Naval Memorial
Town Memorial:Hale
Extra Information:
Attended Seamons Moss School.   Employed by Hale U.D.C.  Volunteered for
the RN in 1940.  H.M.S. Dorsetshire was his first (and only) ship.   His
father was a retired Manchester Corporation employee and had served in the
RFC during the 1st W.W.

In the afternoon of the 5th April 1942, Japanese carrier based aircraft
attacked and sank the heavy cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire, which were
on passage from Colombo to Addu Atoll in the Maldive Islands.

08/05/42 edition of the local newspaper reports that he is missing - with
photo.
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