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Unknown Soldier

Record #5b92a931

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Location Found

St Dogmaels Churchyard, Cardigan Bay, Wales

Estimated Period

1943

Submitted By

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Date Submitted

20 April 2026

Description

An unidentified Merchant Navy engineer found in a lifeboat that drifted ashore near Cardigan Bay, Wales, in early 1943. The lifeboat contained the bodies of four men, three of whom were identified from their papers. The fourth man had no identification. He was buried in the local churchyard with full naval honours.

In Russian

Неопознанный инженер торгового флота, найденный в спасательной шлюпке у берегов залива Кардиган, Уэльс, в начале 1943 года. Из четырёх тел трое были опознаны. Четвёртый мужчина не имел документов.

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