Birth 1920 🏛️ League of Nations established | Oldham, Lancashire 📍 ⓘFree BMD |
Occupation (21) 1941 🏛️ Second World War | Able Seaman P/JX 193285 of Royal Navy ⓘCommonwealth War Graves |
Death (21) 24/11/1941 | St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil 📍 Drowned on HMS Dunedin ⓘCommonwealth War Graves 🔗 View ABLE SEAMAN Date of Death: 24 November 1941 aged 21 years old Buried or commemorated at: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Additional Info: Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Manock, of Middleton Junction, Lancashire Dunedin was steaming in the Central Atlantic Ocean, just east of the St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil, when on 24 November 1941, at 1526 hours, two torpedoes from the German submarine U-124 sank her. Only four officers and 63 men survived out of Dunedin's crew of 486 officers and men. |