Vessel Loss

Memorial: M3379

Memorial in the Church of St Peter-in-Chains, Pennal, Gwynedd commemorating Commander Edmund Wybergh Thruston RN d. 1941 in the loss of HMAS ‘Sydney’

Location

Church of St Peter-in-Chains, Pennal, Gwynedd, Wales

Transcript

'Commander Edmund Wybergh Thruston D.S.C., Royal Navy, elder son of Edmund Heathcote and Lucy Thruston of Pennal Tower. Born Dec. 1903. Married Nina Nisbet Jan. 20 1940. While Second in Command of HMS Sydney, he was lost with all hands in her after a successful engagement with the enemy off Western Australia Nov. 20th 1941 aged 37 years'

Details

Vessel: HMAS Sydney

People

Thruston, Edmund Wybergh
Age: 37
Date of Death: 20/11/1941
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Australian Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

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