William Bentley
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: William Bentley
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: Bow London. William and Ellen lived at 16 Blendon Terrace, Plumstead, Woolwich, London
Pre-war occupation: Machine shop engineer
Date of birth: 22/12/1896
Date of death: 10/09/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 44
Further information:
William was married to Ellen Bentley.
On the day of his death William was serving aboard the British Steam Merchant, the Muneric which was part of convoy SC-42 on route from Rio de Janeiro to Middlesbrough, carrying a cargo of 7000 tons of iron ore. At 02.30 hours on 10 Sep 1941, South of Cape Farewell Greenland, U-boat U-432 fired four single torpedoes at three ships in the convoy and 2 torpedoes hit and sank the Muneric. The master, 55 crew members, five gunners, including William, and two stowaways were lost. There were no survivors.
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.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1092.html