Douglas Ivor Wise
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Able Seaman
Parents: Frederick and Lily Wise
Home address: Staple Hill
Date of birth: 1919
Date of death: 08/06/1940
Buried/Commemorated at: No burial site as lost at sea. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial and Staple Hill Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
Douglas died when his ship, HMS Ardent a Royal Navy destroyer, was sunk on 8 June 1940 while defending the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious from the German battlecruisers Gneisernau and Scharnhorst. Two men were rescued by a German seaplane 5 days after the ship was sunk but one subsequently died in hospital and everyone else including Douglas perished.
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/warships/ship/4345.html