Memorial to Raymond Steed in Riverside Park
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Memorial to Raymond Steed in Riverside Park
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 23 Jul 2015
Raymond was the second youngest British services recruit to die during the Second World War. He was just 14 years and 207 days old when the ship on which he was a galley boy, SS Empire Morn, was blown up after it hit a U-boat mine on 26 April 1943. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Steed
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Image Location
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51.579465
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-2.981144