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Albert Eaves | |||
| Rank: | Petty Officer | Number: | D/JX 142448 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | Royal Navy | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | H.M.S. Bramble | ||
| Died: | 31/12/1942 | Age: | 24 |
| Country of burial: | Lost at Sea | ||
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Plymouth Naval Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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Born durng the June quarter 1918 in the Manchester R.D. - ref: 8d/263, the son of Frederick & Sarah Emma Eaves (nee Evans). H.M.S. Bramble was escorting Convoy JW.51B in the Barents Sea. Whilst detached from the convoy, to round up convoy stragglers, she made a signal at 10.39 hrs on the 31st December 1942, reporting one enemy cruiser in sight - nothing more was heard of her after that. It is now known that H.M.S. Bramble was sunk at 10.45hrs on the 31st December 1942, 15 miles to the north-east of the Convoy, in position 73.15N - 30.06E, by the 11 inch gunfire from the pocket battleship Lützow - there were no survivors. H.M.S. Bramble was a 'Halcyon' class minesweeper, of which 21 were built between 1933 & 1939, they had a displacement of 815 tons and a complement of 73 personnel. | |||
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