Harold Reginald Dennis Green
Memorial: Coalpit Heath - St Saviour's Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Ordinary Telegraphist
Parents: Alfred George and Alice Green
Home address: Frampton Cotterell
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 1924
Date of death: 13/06/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea. Commemorated on Lowestoft Naval Memorial
Age: 20
Further information:
He was aboard HMS Birdlip a Naval Trawler when it was torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic by a German U Boat U-547 off Greenville Liberia West Africa. 37 died and there were 16 survivors who made it to land on rafts.
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.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/32/a4450132.shtml
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58545