In Memory Of
VANSON, PETER JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
50
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Able Seaman
Unit:
S.S. Navasota (Southampton)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1939-12-05
Cause of Death:
Whilst operating with Convoy OB-46 was torpedoed and sunk by U-47. En route Liverpool for Buenos Aires
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 72.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Husband of Kathleen Vanson, of Knotty Ash, Liverpool. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45. His son also died on service