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Marine

Albert Harold Bragg

Service number PO/X 100314
Military unit HMS Glasgow Royal Marine Light Infantry
Address Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death 03 Dec 1940 (21 years old)
Place of birth Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies Unknown
Family history

Son of Harold and Mary Ellen Bragg of Dunkirk Nottingham

Military history

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 43 Column 3

HMS Glasgow

On 3 December Glasgow was attacked by Italian aircraft while anchored in Suda Bay, Crete. She was hit by two torpedoes fired by a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 flown by Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia. The torpedoes struck far forward and aft, the latter putting two of her propeller shafts out of service. Other than that she received only moderate damage. She was able to return to Alexandria, where as the shipyard did not have the resources and capability to make a full repair, she was repaired to a level that allowed her to return to secondary duties. During this period she was temporarily replaced by HMS Southampton. It is assumed Bragg died during this action.

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