Mervyn Jasper Swingler Marklove
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Stoker 1st Class D/KX 101040
Parents: Rosina Bessie Marklove and stepson of Hector MacDonald Blaken
Marital status: Single
Home address: Wickwar, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 07/09/1919
Date of death: 31/03/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea. Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial (Panel 52, Column 2)
Age: 21
Further information:
On the day of his death HMS Bonaventure was taking part in operation Lustre escorting a transport convoy of thousands of troops from Alexandria to Greece. The Bonaventure was torpedoed amidships by the Italian submarine Ambra and sank in 6 minutes about 100 nautical miles south-south-east of Crete. There were 310 survivors but Mervyn plus 138 other crew 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://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4015.html
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/LondonGazette/38293.pdf
World War II Sea War, Volume 3: The Royal Navy is Bloodied in the Mediterranean By Donald A Bertke, Gordon Smith, Don Kindell page 360
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CL-Bonaventure1.htm