Service Details
Name:
 VANSON
Given Name:
 PETER JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Navasota (Southampton)
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Date of Death:
 1939-12-05
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Age:
 50
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy OB-46 was torpedoed and sunk by U-47. En route Liverpool for Buenos Aires
Additional
Information:
Husband of Kathleen Vanson, of Knotty Ash, Liverpool. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45. His son also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 72.

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