Gerald Walter Norris
Employed as an oil well driller and in 1939 he was staying at the Trinity House, a boarding house in Southwell. The UK's first ever oil well was sunk at Duke's Wood at Eakring in 1939. The oil from this well was used during WW2.
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Son of Walter and Katie E Norris from Reading.
He married Elsie Goodwin of Mansfield in 1940. He left her £221 10s 2d in his will and her addrss at the time was 32 St John Street, Mansfield.
M.V. Warwick Castle:
At 08:44 hours the Warwick Castle was hit by a torpedo from U-413 200miles northwest of Cape Espichel, Portugal. The master , 61 crew members and 34 other service personnel died. She was being used as a troop carrier and was on her way back from landing troops at Gibralter.
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