Claude Chester
He was a market gardener's assistant in 1939.
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Son of Frank Gladstone Chester and May Chester of Nottingham. He was lodging on Porchester Road, Nottingham in 1939.
LYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 64, Column 3.
HMS Culver
USCGC Mendota (1928) was a Lake-class cutter belonging to the United States Coast Guard launched on 20 June 1928 and commissioned on 23 March 1929. After 12 years of service with the Coast Guard, she was transferred to the British Royal Navy as part of the Lend-Lease Act and renamed HMS Culver. On 31 October 1941, Culver picked up 25 people from the Dutch merchant vessel Bennekom which had been sunk by a torpedo from U-96.
On 31 January 1942, while escorting convoy SL 98, Culver came under fire by U-105. At 23:31 hours, she was struck twice, once on the port side in the forward boiler room and once further aft that likely struck the vessel's magazine. Culver broke in two and sank in less than a minute. The commander, 7 officers and 119 ratings, including Able Seaman John Willey from Sutton in Ashfield, were lost. A single officer and 12 ratings survived the sinking and were rescued by HMS Londonderry. (Wikipedia)
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