In Memory Of
MAPLESDEN, WILFRED GEORGE WALTER
Service Details
Age:
18
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Midshipman
Unit:
H.M.S. Barham
Regiment:
Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
1941-11-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while steaming to cover an attack on Italian convoys, HMS Barham was hit by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-331. As she rolled over to port, her after magazines exploded and the ship quickly sank with the loss of over two-thirds of her crew
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 60, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Walter Sidney and Margaret Louise Maplesden, of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
