No.1548941, Gunner, Edgar DYER
Aged 35
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Edgar Dyer was born in Brandon in 1906,(Thetford Q2-1906 4B:339), son of John and Anna Maria DYER (née NEWELL).
1911 census...Aged 5, he was at No.2 Foster Cottages, Bury Road, Brandon with his father John DYER [46] flint digger; his mother Annie [48] born Thetford; brothers William [19] coal labourer; Percy [14 errand boy and Bert [11]. All except his mother were born in Brandon. Apparently another case of CWGC (or the Army) being given the wrong age (they had 38). |
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Edgar was one of six gunners assigned to SS "Norman Monarch" which was en route for UK with 6,300 tons of wheat, part of Convoy HX-126. At 04:53 on 20th May 1941 U-boat U-94 hit her with two torpedoes. She sunk at 56-41 N, 40-52 W. SS "Harpagus, the nominated rescue ship of the convoy picked up the master, 41 crew and 6 gunners. No one was lost then, but as the "Harpagus tried to regain the convoy, she was hit at 23:20 by torpedoes from U-boat U-109 and sank very quickly.This time 25 crew, 4 gunners, 3 passengers and 26 of the survivors from "Norman Monarch" were lost. |
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