Royal Navy Casualties

Biographical Notes Born in Gateshead 1904 To Tommy and Anna Turnbull.  Married to Mary Gladys Turnbull with three children: David, Sheila and Pauline.

Biographical Notes Born 12 April 1900 in Tranent, Scotland. Saw action in both World Wars. Married to Helen Anderson; two children: John Alexander Tragheim and Brenda Tragheim.

Biographical Notes Nickname OATS. Oswin Towndrow survived the sinking and was rescued by SS Nishmaha on 27th November 1941. Sadly, he died within the first twenty four hours of the…

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Biographical Notes Basil (‘Baz’) Thompson was born in December 1915 in South Yorkshire, the third child (and second son) of Henry, a collier, and Edith. He worked briefly as a…