Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4143

Tablet at St Brelade’s Church, St Brelade, Jersey commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Peter Bryan Edwards d. 1943 in the loss of HMS ‘Welshman’

Location

St Brelade's Church, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / PETER BRYAN EDWARDS, / SUB. LT. ROYAL NAVY, / KILLED IN ACTION / H.M.S. WELSHMAN, 1ST FEBRUARY 1943, / AGED 19 YEARS.'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: Grey granite
Vessel: HMS Welshman

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Edwards, Peter Bryan
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1/2/1943
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Weshman' torpedoed by 'U-617' off Tobruk.
Recorder: Societé Jersiaise

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