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Ldg Stoker John Orman Angus
Royal Navy HMS Manchester
from:Cosham, Hampshire. England.
(d.23rd Jul 1941)
John was 36 years old wehn he was killed. Manchester was an escort in Operation ‘Substance’ a Convoy from Gibraltar, when it was hit by torpedoes fired by the Italian E-boats Nos. 16 and 22. An oil fuel tank was hit, the adjacent compartments flooded and her engines were damaged, she returned to Gibraltar for repairs.