William Douglas Commons
Service number
LT/JX 190633
Military unit
HMS Dunedin Royal Naval Patrol Service
Address
Thorn Avenue, Mansfield
Date of birth
12 Dec 1917
Date of death
24 Nov 1941 (33 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
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Family history
Son of Adin and Martha Commons. In 1921 they lived at 54 Abbott Road, Mansfield. In 1939 Martha was a widow and lived at Inverkeiller Thorn Avenue, Mansfield
Military history
HMS Dunedin: launched 19/11/1918 and sunk 24/11/1941. Torpedoes from U-124 hit and sunk her off St Paul's Rock near Reife, Brazil. Only 4 officers and 63 men out of a crew of 486 survived.
Dunedin had been previously engaged in the capture of the Lothringin and an enigma cipher machine.
Extra information
Remembered on the Lowestoft Naval Memorial 6. 2.
Photographs
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