Walter Samuel Daniels
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Lance Bombardier
Parents: Amy K Daniels
Home address: Home Address: Salisbury, Wiltshire. Lived: 93 Lion Terrace, Commercial Road, Portsmouth
Pre-war occupation: Hotel Porter
Date of birth: 30/10/1917
Date of death: 10/09/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 23
Further information:
Lance Bombardier (not Gunner as on Memorial)
Walter's mother, Amy, was a single parent and 19 years old when Walter was born. In 1939 Walter’s mother was working as a midwife in Salisbury and Walter was living in Portsmouth.
On the day of his death Walter was serving aboard the British Steam Merchant, ‘Muneric’ which was part of convoy SC-42 on route from Rio de Janeiro to Middlesbrough, carrying a cargo of 7000 tons of iron ore. At 02.30 hours on 10 Sep 1941, South of Cape Farewell Greenland, U-boat U-432 fired four single torpedoes at three ships in the convoy and 2 torpedoes hit and sank the Muneric. The master, 55 crew members, five gunners, including Walter and two stowaways were lost. There were no survivors.
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/merchants/ship/1092.html