Charles Edward Showell

Charles Edward Showell

Died

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19 September 1940

Age

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40

Rank

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Sergeant

Force

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Port of London Authority Police

Cause

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War

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Died the day after he was fatally wounded by the detonation of an unexploded bomb while checking bomb damage following an overnight enemy air raid at the Royal Albert Dock, West Ham.

His colleague, PC Robert Charles Winney, died the previous day. Both officers were posthumously awarded a King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct in Civil Defence.