Daniel O'Conner
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He was the son of Daniel and Mary O'Conner; husband of Nellie Lomas O'Conner, of Beeston, Nottingham.
HMS Picotee
HMS Picotee was a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Navy. She was built at Harland and Wolff, launched on 21 March 1940 and completed on 5 September 1940. Under the command of Lieutenant R.A. Harrison, she was tasked to convoy escort operations in the North Atlantic. She was torpedoed and sunk on the morning of 12 August 1941 by U-568 south of Iceland in position 62º00'N, 16º01'W while escorting convoy ONS-4. She was hit by one torpedo and sank almost immediately. There were no survivors. Among the dead were Ordinary Seaman Peter Dexter from Mapperley, Nottingham and Stoker 1st Class Daniel O’Conner from Beeston, Nottingham. (Wikipedia
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