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A Charybdis survivor who helped turn scattered memories into a lasting association.
A report preserved in the association booklet names Doug Stafford among the survivors who traced former shipmates and brought them together. He described plans to visit Guernsey, the war graves in France and Jersey, and the place at sea where Charybdis was lost.
Charybdis Association: Club for survivorsThe booklet's reproduced Club for survivors report identifies Doug Stafford among the surviving Charybdis shipmates who traced others and organised reunion and remembrance visits. No exact wartime rank, service branch or service number is supplied.
H.M.S. Charybdis — A Record of Her Loss and CommemorationThe register is a growing collection of sourced records. It is not a verified list of everyone aboard on the final night.
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