Bernard Peter J Harrison
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Lance Bombardier
Parents: Frederick George and Mary Louisa Harrison
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Causeway Farm, Mere and Tisbury, Wiltshire. Lived: Saltney Flintshire
Pre-war occupation: Printer's Compositor
Date of birth: 06/06/1917
Date of death: 12/10/1942
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 25
Further information:
Bernard was the son of a farm worker. He was born in Tisbury, Wiltshire and had an older sister and an older brother. He lived in Wiltshire until he enlisted in 1939. He married Margaret Woodcock on September 19th 1942 in Saltney in Wales and was killed 3 weeks later.
On the day of his death, Bernard was serving aboard the British steam merchant ship, ‘Stornest’, which had been part of convoy ONS-136 until it became separated during heavy weather. The ship was on route from Belfast to Boston, carrying a cargo of 6000 tons of coal. At 04.05 hours on 12 October 1942, at a point west of Ireland, U-boat U-706 fired a torpedo at the now unescorted vessel, which struck under the aft mast. The master, 38 crew members and ten gunners, including Bernard were all lost. There were no survivors.
Recorded on Memorial as R not B Harrison. He died on 12th October 1942 (not 13th as on Memorial)
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/2263.html