On 20 Feb 1944 H.M.S. 'Warwick' [Destroyer (Admiralty V & W class)], was torpedoed and sunk off Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England, by the German submarine U-413. 'Warwick' had been on a submarine hunt, with two other ships, in the Bristol Channel.
Of the crew of 160 officers and men, 67 perished in the attack and sinking.
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward Ford had been rescued from the frigid waters, along with other survivors, and brought to shore at St. Merryn, but during the night he and five others succumbed to the effects of the attack and the cold sea.
The six Royal Navy sailors who sadly died after being rescued were-
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward FORD,
Ordinary Seaman John Lowthian BELL,
Supply Assistant John C. TOWER,
Able Seaman Cecil G. CHAPPELL,
Stoker 2nd Class William K. MORGAN and
Able Seaman Francis S. YOUNG.
BIRTH-1896 March Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Ford, Horace Albert E.
District: Bedminster [Volume & Page: 5c & 626]
Military Service-
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service No: D/J 24801
Age: 49
Service: Royal Navy
Division: H.M.S. 'Warwick'
Son of Thomas Hobbs Ford and Emily Alice Ford; husband of Anne Maria (née Matthews) Ford of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [the couple married in 1922 in Devon]; brother of Percy Harold, Queenie Alice, Nellie Sarah, Lillian May, Winifred, Grace and Mollie.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Of the crew of 160 officers and men, 67 perished in the attack and sinking.
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward Ford had been rescued from the frigid waters, along with other survivors, and brought to shore at St. Merryn, but during the night he and five others succumbed to the effects of the attack and the cold sea.
The six Royal Navy sailors who sadly died after being rescued were-
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward FORD,
Ordinary Seaman John Lowthian BELL,
Supply Assistant John C. TOWER,
Able Seaman Cecil G. CHAPPELL,
Stoker 2nd Class William K. MORGAN and
Able Seaman Francis S. YOUNG.
BIRTH-1896 March Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Ford, Horace Albert E.
District: Bedminster [Volume & Page: 5c & 626]
Military Service-
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service No: D/J 24801
Age: 49
Service: Royal Navy
Division: H.M.S. 'Warwick'
Son of Thomas Hobbs Ford and Emily Alice Ford; husband of Anne Maria (née Matthews) Ford of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [the couple married in 1922 in Devon]; brother of Percy Harold, Queenie Alice, Nellie Sarah, Lillian May, Winifred, Grace and Mollie.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
On 20 Feb 1944 H.M.S. 'Warwick' [Destroyer (Admiralty V & W class)], was torpedoed and sunk off Trevose Head, north Cornwall, south west England, by the German submarine U-413. 'Warwick' had been on a submarine hunt, with two other ships, in the Bristol Channel.
Of the crew of 160 officers and men, 67 perished in the attack and sinking.
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward Ford had been rescued from the frigid waters, along with other survivors, and brought to shore at St. Merryn, but during the night he and five others succumbed to the effects of the attack and the cold sea.
The six Royal Navy sailors who sadly died after being rescued were-
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward FORD,
Ordinary Seaman John Lowthian BELL,
Supply Assistant John C. TOWER,
Able Seaman Cecil G. CHAPPELL,
Stoker 2nd Class William K. MORGAN and
Able Seaman Francis S. YOUNG.
BIRTH-1896 March Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Ford, Horace Albert E.
District: Bedminster [Volume & Page: 5c & 626]
Military Service-
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service No: D/J 24801
Age: 49
Service: Royal Navy
Division: H.M.S. 'Warwick'
Son of Thomas Hobbs Ford and Emily Alice Ford; husband of Anne Maria (née Matthews) Ford of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [the couple married in 1922 in Devon]; brother of Percy Harold, Queenie Alice, Nellie Sarah, Lillian May, Winifred, Grace and Mollie.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Of the crew of 160 officers and men, 67 perished in the attack and sinking.
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward Ford had been rescued from the frigid waters, along with other survivors, and brought to shore at St. Merryn, but during the night he and five others succumbed to the effects of the attack and the cold sea.
The six Royal Navy sailors who sadly died after being rescued were-
Chief Petty Officer Horace Albert Edward FORD,
Ordinary Seaman John Lowthian BELL,
Supply Assistant John C. TOWER,
Able Seaman Cecil G. CHAPPELL,
Stoker 2nd Class William K. MORGAN and
Able Seaman Francis S. YOUNG.
BIRTH-1896 March Quarter birth "registration"-
Name: Ford, Horace Albert E.
District: Bedminster [Volume & Page: 5c & 626]
Military Service-
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service No: D/J 24801
Age: 49
Service: Royal Navy
Division: H.M.S. 'Warwick'
Son of Thomas Hobbs Ford and Emily Alice Ford; husband of Anne Maria (née Matthews) Ford of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [the couple married in 1922 in Devon]; brother of Percy Harold, Queenie Alice, Nellie Sarah, Lillian May, Winifred, Grace and Mollie.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
(Epitaph...)
HE NEVER FAILED
TO DO HIS BEST.
SO MAY GOD GRANT HIM
ETERNAL REST.
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