William Taylor Clegg
Memorial: Thornbury & District Museum: 6th Maritime Regiment Memorial
Regiment: 6th Maritime Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Henry and Nellie Clegg
Marital status: Married
Home address: Burnley, Lancashire
Date of birth: 1905
Date of death: 17/03/1943
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial Devon and the Maritime Memorial Thornbury
Age: 37
Further information:
William was the son of a cotton weaver and one of five boys. He married Hilda Farrer in 1941.
On the day of his death, William was serving aboard the British Steam Merchant the Zouave which was part of convoy SC-122 on route from Halifax Canada to Middlesbrough carrying a cargo of 7100 tons of iron ore. At 23.09 hours on 17 March 1943, southeast of Cape Farewell Greenland, U-boat U-305 fired two torpedoes at the convoy hitting the Port Auckland and the Zouave. The latter sank in 5 minutes. 12 crew members and one gunner, William, perished. The 30 survivors were rescued and landed at Gourock, Scotland.
(Surname is not Class as on Memorial)
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/2785.html