In Memory Of
WILSON, RICHARD ALLISON
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
P/MX 53659
Rank:
Petty Officer Cook (S)
Unit:
H.M. Submarine Traveller
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1942-12-12
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 69, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
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.
