Able Seaman Heber Brown
Killed in Action 31 January 1942

 

P/JX 247911
Heber Seymore Brown
Royal Navy (Newfoundland)
HMS Culver

Son of Robert Geroge and Hazel Brown
Red Bay, Labrador

Enlisted: The Thirteenth Contingent

Embarked

KIA 31/01/42 (age 21 years)

 

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Commemorated on Page 147 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.

Burial Information:
Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Grave Reference: Panel 70, Column 2.
Location: The Memorial is situated on Southsea Common overlooking the promenade, and is accessible at all times

 

Note: HMS Culver (former name USCG Mendota) was a Sloop of the Banff type, built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.). She was launched on 27 November 1928. At 23.31 hours on 31 January 1942, U-105 fired a salvo of four torpedoes at the Sierra Leone convoy SL-93, west of the Bay of Biscay, and observed two hits and a large explosion. Although the U-boat thought that they had hit an ammunition freighter, they had in fact hit HMS Culver (Y 87) (Lt.Cdr. R.T. Gordon-Duff, R.N.) that blew up with the loss of the commanding officer, seven officers and 118 ratings. There were only 13 survivors.

(Our thanks to the researchers at the Aldbury War Memorial, Hertfordshire, England for this Information.
 http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hertfordshire/Albury.html )