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Remembrance Stone HMS Kite

Text on the memorial:
In Remembrance of
The 217 Men of
H.M.S. KITE
Braintree & Bocking's
Adopted Warship
Who Lost Their Lives
On 21st August 1944


Their names als also written on the memorial.

The HMS Kite was torpedoed by the U-344 near Greenland. Of the crew, only 9 survived.

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