Vessel Loss

Memorial: M1645

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Eric Alfred Stone d. 1942

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Eric Alfred Stone RN aged 19, 'M.T.B. 218' Lost off French coast 18 Aug 1942'.

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: MTB 218

People

Stone, Eric Alfred
Age: 19
Date of Death: 18/8/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'MTB 218' hit a mine and sunk during a night attack on a German convoy.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 28; Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters