Donald Norman Moore
Memorial: Iron Acton - St James the Less Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Able Seaman D/JX 152298
Parents: Mabel Annie and Joseph Moore
Home address: Iron Acton, Bristol
Date of birth: 13/04/1921
Date of death: 08/06/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial (Panel 38, Column 1)
Age: 19
Further information:
Donald had 2 younger brothers, Alfred and Joseph. He died in one of the Royal Navy’s most devastating disasters of the Second World War. HMS Glorious, one of Britain's largest and fastest aircraft carriers, was sunk along with her escorting destroyers HMS Ardent and HMS Acasta during the evacuation of Allied forces from Norway. Survivors in life rafts were not picked up for 3 days by which time there were only 40 left alive and in all 1,519 souls lost their lives.
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.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/ironacton.htm
https://www.historytoday.com/philip-weir/hms-glorious-history-controversy