Dennis Jesse Bone
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Jess and Sybil Alice Bone
Marital status: Married
Home address: Fleet, Hampshire
Date of birth: 21/12/1921
Date of death: 19/09/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 21
Further information:
On the day of his death, Dennis was serving aboard the unescorted British Steam Merchant ship The Fort Longueuil which was on route from Aden in the Yemen to Newcastle, Australia carrying a cargo of 8475 tons of phosphate. The vessel was torpedoed by U-boat U-532 and sank immediately southwest of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. 47 crew members and 10 gunners, including Dennis perished. Two Indian crewmen managed to survive for 134 days on a raft before being picked up by the Japanese. Dennis was registered as missing from September 1943 but it wasn't until the beginning of 1946 that his records were changed officially to that of presumed killed.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3069.html