This is a combined grave at Capuccini (Kalkara) Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot F Grave 37
F037 GREER Norman William, Ordinary Seaman P/JX201356 Royal Navy H.M.S. Jersey. Born 10 February 1920 at Dalson London to William John and Emma Jane Greer, of Farnham, Surrey. Died 2nd May 1941 aged 21 years.
On the 2 May 1941 Jersey struck an Italian aircraft-dropped mine off Malta's Grand Harbour on and sank next to the Grand Harbour breakwater. Thirty-five crew members were killed. When Jersey sank it blocked the entrance to Malta's Grand Harbour, meaning movements into and out of the harbour were impossible for several days. The destroyers Kelly, Kelvin and Jackal were left marooned in the harbour until the wreck was cleared. Some of the ships that rescued the surviving crew had to take passage to Gibraltar. On 5 May the wreck broke into two sections. It was only after 1946 that the after section was cleared from the entrance, in a series of controlled demolitions carried out between 1946 and 1949. Further salvage and clearance work was done in 1968 to make the harbour safe for large vessels
F037 BING Dennis Thomas John, Stoker 2nd Class P/FX150493 Royal Navy on Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. Indomitable (92). Born 10 August 1924 at Ramsgate, Kent to Edward Thomas and Lilian Rosa Jessie Bing, of Ramsgate, Kent. Died 16th July 1943 aged 18 as the result of enemy action at sea. On the 16 Jul 1943 while supporting the Sicily, Italy operations, HMS Indomitable was torpedoed by the enemy aircraft
F037 HENBREY Harry, Stoker 1st Class P/KX130061 Royal Navy on Aircraft Carrier H.M.S. Indomitable (92). Born 1911 in Fulham, Middlesex to Frederick Charles and Elizabeth Henbrey, nee Greedy. Died 16th July 1943. as the result of enemy action at sea. On the 16 Jul 1943 while supporting the Sicily, Italy operations, HMS Indomitable was torpedoed by the enemy aircraft. Husband of Lucy Maude Henbrey, nee Ward of West Kensington, London.
F037 MANLEY Reginald Arthur, Stoker 1st Class P/KX109865 Royal Navy on H.M.S. Indomitable,. Born 14 January 1918 at Braughton Devon to George and Ellen Manley, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Died 16th July 1943 aged 24 years as the result of enemy action at sea. On the 16 Jul 1943 while supporting the Sicily, Italy operations, HMS Indomitable was torpedoed by the enemy aircraft
Commemorated on the Newport War Memorial.
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