Peter Wells Iliffe
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Ordinary Seaman
Parents: Alfred Wells and Phyllis Annie Iliffe
Home address: Enfield, Middlesex
Pre-war occupation: School Boy
Date of birth: 09/09/1925
Date of death: 13/09/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at sea off Salerno Sicily, Commemorated on parents' Memorial St Andrew's Churchyard Cromhall and Chatham Naval Memorial
Age: 18
Further information:
In January 1943 The British light cruiser HMS Uganda went to the Mediterranean for the Sicily Campaign as part of Support Force East. For the next couple of months, she supported the army ashore and then in September took part in the Salerno landings. During these, on the 13th September she was hit by a radio-guided bomb and severely damaged. Peter died during this attack along with 14 others.
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.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://www.world-war.co.uk/Ceylon/uganda.php3