Radio Officer Victor Charles Coleman.
Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)
HMS "Patroclus".
Aged 23
Son of William Henry Coleman and Selina Simkiss Coleman, of Perry Barr, Birmingham, England
He was a Radio Officer on board an armed Merchant Navy vessel, formerly a passenger ship, which was sunk in the North Atlantic, west of Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal. His body was washed ashore in South-West Donegal, and was buried in Ballyshannon.
The Commander, 6 Officers and 49 Ratings died.
33 Officer and 330 Ratings survived.
for further details on the sinking, see
HMS Patroclus
Radio Officer Victor Charles Coleman.
Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)
HMS "Patroclus".
Aged 23
Son of William Henry Coleman and Selina Simkiss Coleman, of Perry Barr, Birmingham, England
He was a Radio Officer on board an armed Merchant Navy vessel, formerly a passenger ship, which was sunk in the North Atlantic, west of Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal. His body was washed ashore in South-West Donegal, and was buried in Ballyshannon.
The Commander, 6 Officers and 49 Ratings died.
33 Officer and 330 Ratings survived.
for further details on the sinking, see
HMS Patroclus
Inscription
Merchant Navy Crest
V. C. COLEMAN
Radio Officer, NAP (MN)
H.M.S. "PATROCLUS"
3rd November 1940 age 23
+
Victor Charles
who gave his life
that others might be free
duty nobly done
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