Roland
Cundall
was the
son
of
Daniel
Cundall
and
Mary
Ann
Chew.
Roland was born
in
1920
in the Clitheroe Registration District (Dec. quarter).
Roland married
Sylvia
Preston
in
1941.
He
had the following children from
his
marriage to
Sylvia
Preston:
-
Hazel
Cundall
|
born
in
1942
at the Skipton Registration District (Mar. quarter).
|
Roland
was
a
Stoker 2nd Class in the Royal Navy. He served on H.M.S. Matabele.
Roland died
when
he
was
21
years old,
on Saturday 17 January 1942.
The Memorial is in Plymouth Naval Memorial Cemetery, Devon. The Grave Reference or Panel Number is Panel 70, Column 3. The Memorial is situated centrally on The Hoe which looks directly towards Plymouth Sound. It is accessible at all times.
His memorial has the following inscription:
In Memory Of
Stoker 2nd Class Roland Cundall
D/KX 132285, H.M.S. Matabele, Royal Navy
Who died age 21
on Saturday 17 January 1942.
Stoker 2nd Class Cundall, son of Daniel and Mary Ann Cundall; husband of Sylvia Cundall, of Coniston Cold, Yorkshire.
Remembered with Honour
Plymouth Naval Memorial
Commemorated in Perpetuity by
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Roland is on the War Memorial at St Peter's, Coniston Cold. There is only a single inscription relating to the Second World War, and details can be found at http://www.kirkbymalham.info/KMI/malhamdale/wardead.htm (towards the end of the page).
Details about HMS Matabele can be found at http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4432.html.
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