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Recovered 31.07.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2658281/william-henry-paffett/
ABLE SEAMAN WILLIAM HENRY PAFFETT
Service Number: P/JX 148490
Royal Navy H.M.S. Acasta
Date of Death 08 June 1940
Commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 39, Column 1
Son of William Henry and Thurza Eliza Paffett, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, June 14, 1940 Page 2
Ventnor and the War
Intimation was received on Monday that William Henry Paffett, Able Seaman, son of Mr. W.H. Paffett, of Westbourne, Victoria Street, is missing and believed to be a prisoner of war. He was a member of the crew of H.M.S. Acasta, a destroyer, which was announced as believed sunk by enemy action off Norway. Before joining the Navy four years ago he was employed at Messrs. H. Ingram's branch established in High Street. Mr. and Mrs. Paffett will have the sympathy of us all in their grave anxiety. Richard, Mr. Paffett's younger son, is at the Naval Training School of St. George, Douglas, Isle of Man.