Service Details
Name:
 WILSON
Given Name:
 RICHARD ALLISON
Initials:
 R A
Service No:
 P/MX 53659
Rank:
 Petty Officer Cook (S)
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M. Submarine Traveller
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-12
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, left Malta on 28 November 1942 for a patrol in the Gulf of Taranto. She carried out a reconnaissance of Taranto harbour for a Chariot human torpedo attack (Operation Principal). The submarine did not return from the operation and was reported overdue on 12 December. She probably struck an Italian mine on or about 4 December.
Additional
Information:
Son of Richard Allison Wilson and of Veronica Wilson (nee Jones); husband of Greta Wilson (nee de Haan), of Gordon's Bay, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 69, Column 3.

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