Ernest Henry Newell
He was a fireman in 1939.
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Son of Ernest and Lucy Newell and brother of Gladys, Ida and Edna Newell of 48, Highfield Drive, Carlton, Nottingham; husband of Edna M Newell of Nottingham
HMS Bonaventure
HMS Bonaventure was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. Bonaventure participated as an escort vessel in Operation Fish, the World War II evacuation of British wealth from the UK to Canada. It was the largest movement of wealth in history.
On 10 January 1941 she, along with HMS Southampton and/or HMS Hereward, shelled and sank the Italian torpedo boat Vega off Cape Bon, Tunisia, Operation "Excess". Two members of her crew were killed by return fire
On 31 March 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk south of Crete (33°20′N 26°35′E) by the Italian submarine Ambra with the loss of 139 of her 480 crew, including Stoker 1st Class Ernest Newell fro Nottingham and Engine Room Artificer Herbert Shipman from East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. 310 survivors were rescued by HMS Hereward and HMAS Stuart. (Wikipedia)
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