Arthur F Pierrepoint
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Son of Harold and Mabel Pierrpoint. Mabel died at or soon after Arthur's birth in 1918 and Arthur's siblings were taken in by various members of his family.
Agnes (1912) was living with Arthur and their aunt and uncle Gertrude and Arthur Plummer in 1921. Whilst Harold was living with Mabel (Cissie) born 1914 with his parents. Another sibling, Beatrice died at or soon after her birth in 1917.
In 1923 Harold married again, to Alice Reeve and had a second family, Brenda (1925),
Annie (1928), Samuel (1929) and John in 1932. Alice died in 1935.
Arthur married Winnifred Gertrude Gilsthorpe (also spelt Gelsthorpe on some records) in 1941. In 1921 she was living with her parents at 3 Cliff Street, Mansfield and worked as a tin box machinist. She married James Henderson in 1950.
HMS Manners sunk off the Isle of Man by U-1051 on the 26th January 1945. U-1051 fired an acoustic torpedo which exploded close to HMS Manners' propllers breaking her in two. The aft section sank. 4 Officers and 39 ratings were killed. The bow section was towed from the Isle of Man to Barrow on Furness but was beyond repair.
U-1051 was forced to the surface and was rammed and sank with the loss of all hands.
HMS Manners ( a frigate) was originally a USA navy ship transferred to the British Royal Navy in December 1943 as part of the Lend-Lease program. After the war she was sold back to the USA who scrapped her as she was beyond economic repair.
Mansfield Chronicle Advertiser: 24/1/1946: Roll of Honour
Pierrepoint- In loving memory of my dear husband Arthur F PierrepointPetty Officer Royal Navy persumed killed on active service January 26th 1945.
Just a few short years we had
How brief was the felicity!
A fleeting glimpse of happiness was all
That fortune granted me.
And now you've gone
I stand alone of all my dearest dreams bereft
My loss is great but not complete
The precious memory is left.
loving wife Winnie
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