An “tlnsiokable” Sailor— Able Seaman Charles is a sailor the Germans cannot sink. He has escaped four times in seven months. He was a member? of the crew of the battleship Royal Oak, torpedoed in Scapa Flow, and was then twice on ships attacked by aeroplanes. He was reported killed in action when the destroyer Glowworm was sunk. Riley has now reached home.—London, April 24. 1
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23004, 26 April 1940, Page 4
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