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Abl Smn
Robert Wilson Sanderson
Military Details
Service Number: C/JX 204315
Vessel Served
HMS Veteran
Regiment & Unit / Ship
HMS Veteran
Service Branch
Royal Navy
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Masons arms , Rheda Terrace , Cleator Moor
Rank at Enlistment
Abl Smn
Service Number at Enlistment
C/JX 204315
Personal Details
Date of Birth
25th April 1920
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Masons Arms . Rheda Terrace , Cleator Moor
Parents
WIlson and Edith
Education and Occupation
Occupation
App Butcher
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
26th September 1942
Age at Death
22
Circumstances of Death
At 10.36 hours on 26 Sep 1942, U-404 fired a spread of three torpedoes at a destroyer near convoy RB-1 and heard two detonations on the vessel and a third later and thought that they had hit another ship in convoy. However, HMS Veteran (D 72) (LtCdr T.H. Garwood, RN) was apparently hit by two torpedoes and sank immediately with all hands. The commander, eight officers and 150 ratings were lost. The destroyer had picked up 47 survivors from Boston, 28 survivors from New York and the chief officer of the British steam merchant New Bedford.
Place of Death
At Sea
Theater of Action
Atlantic Ocean
Battle
Battle of the Atlantic
Buried or Commemorated at
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