Service Details
Name:
 PRICE
Given Name:
 DAVID
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 68529
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Niger
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-06
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Date of Birth:
 1910-08-13
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 During the return to Britain of convoy QP 13, HMS Niger led a column of merchantmen in bad weather with visibility reduced to one mile. HMS Niger had been unable to take bearings due to the weather but made a sighting of land, which was in fact an iceberg. She had unfortunately led the convoy into a British minefield off Iceland. She was mined at 22.40 hours in position 66 35'N, 23 14'W as were six of the merchants she was escorting, all but one also sank.
Additional
Information:
Son of Harry and Mary Price; husband of Ivy Price, of 6 Kendel Court, Liesbeeck St, Rosebank, Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 74, Column 2.

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