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British Cemetery - Ocracoke, NC, USA
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British Cemetery - Ocracoke, NC, USA

During World War II, Great Britain loaned the armed trawler HMT Bedfordshire and her British and Canadian crew to the US to help protect our shores. On 5/11/1942, the Bedfordshire was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-558, killing all 37 sailors. The US Coast Guard recovered four bodies and identified two. The two identified sailors are Sub Luitenant Thomas Cunningham and Telegraphist Stanley R. Craig.

In 1976, the Ocracoke and Hatteras British Cemeteries were leased to the United Kingdom in perpetuity for long as the interred bodies remain there. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission handles formal custody while the US Coast Guard and Ocracoke residents maintain the cemetery.

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