No.C/KX 112512, Stoker 1st, Victor George BROWN
Aged 21
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Very likely to be Victor George Brown was born in Cavendish (Sudbury Q2-1921 4A:1718), son of Robert Victor and Gertrude L BROWN (née THEOBALD). In 1939 his parents were at High Street, Cavendish father [9-4-1901] a bricklayer, mother [10-9-1901] and his brother Felix J [27-11-1923] a cinema attendant. |
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HMS Niger was a Halcyon-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1936.
In fog on 5 July 1942 HMS Niger mistook an iceberg for Iceland's North Western Cape and led six merchant ships of Murmansk to Reykjavik convoy QP 13 into Northern Barrage minefield at the entrance to the Denmark Strait. Every ship detonated British mines. There were only eight survivors of the 127 men aboard Niger. She took with her the commanding officer, Commander Cubison, 80 officers and crew, and 39 passengers, survivors from HMS Edinburgh being ferried home from Russia.
photo: Commonwealth War Graves Commission click here to go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website for full cemetery/memorial details |
