Notes
Recovered 31.07.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2669843/charles-henry-waller/
LEADING COOK (O) CHARLES HENRY WALLER
Service Number: P/MX 51727
Royal Navy H.M.S. Godetia
Date of Death 06 September 1940
Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 43, Column 2.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, September 13, 1940 Page 3
Ventnor and the War
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Waller, of 2 Tulse Hill, Ventnor, received official intimation on Tuesday that their only son, Charles H. Waller, leading cook, of H.M.S. sloop Godetia, is missing. He joined the Navy at Portsmouth five years ago and had been married nine months. His wife is living at Copner. Mr. Waller, who was home on leave at Easter, was formerly employed at the MacFisheries, Ventnor branch, and was for some time a server at St. Alban's. He is 25 years of age.
Local Man Killed
We regret to announce that Leading Officers' Cook Charles Henry Waller, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Waller, 2 Tulse Hill, who was reported as missing in our issue of a recent date, is now announced to have been killed as a result of an accident. Deceased was formerly a server at St. Alban's, and a requiem mass was held there yesterday (Thursday), when the principal mourners were Mr. and Mrs. Waller