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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

21st April 1941

On this day:





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Remembering those who died this day.

  • Bixby Walter F. Ord.Sea. (d.21st April 1941)
  • Foster Anthony James Evans. LAC. (d.21st Apr 1941)
  • Karn Malcom Sidney. Asst.Swt. (d.21st Apr 1941)
  • Knowles James George. Pte. (d.20th April 1941)
  • Miller William Alfred. PO. (d.21st Apr 1941)
  • Neill John. CPO. (d.21st Apr 1941)
  • Patton George. Able Sea. (d.21st Apr 1941)
  • Pettit Bernard Richard. Rflmn. (d.21st April 1941)
  • Phillips Ernest Stanley. Sgt. (d.21st April 1941)
  • Robins Ernest William. PO (d.21st April 1941)
  • Rogers Samuel Whitmore. PO. (d.21st Apr 1941)

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Want to know more about the 21st of April 1941?


There are:9 items tagged 21st of April 1941 available in our Library

  These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.




Stories from 21st April 1941





Pte. James George Knowles. British Army, DEMS Royal Artillery. (d.20th April 1941)

James Knowles was loaned to the Navy's DEMS (merchant ship) programme, and was killed while a DEMS gunner on 20th of April 1941. He is listed on the Naval Memorial on Plymouth Hoe. Can anyone add to that meagre detail? They usually went in two-man teams as AA gunners, between February 1940 and September 1941, when any remaining in DEMS were transferred to the RA's Maritime Regts. He may have been lost in the Empire Endurance.

CDR Fraser



Rflmn. Bernard Richard "Brudge" Pettit. British Army , 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps . (d.21st April 1941)

I found Bernard Pettit named on a grave stone that belonged to his mum and dad and wanted to find out what happened to him. Bernard was born c1918, his parents were Bernard Joseph and Helen Rosetta Pettit of Battersea, London. He died aged 23yrs, in Greece. The British Army tried to halt the Germans invading Greece, unfortunately they were unsuccessful in stopping them. Apparently they were poorly equipped. Having eventually being evacuated back to Egypt. Bernard belonged to 9th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps also known as The 1st Rangers.




Ord.Sea. Walter F Bixby. Royal Navy, HMS Drake. (d.21st April 1941)

Wally Bixby was the son of James Samuel and Jane Susan Bixby; husband of Kathleen Bixby (nee Dearman, remarried Naegeli), of Romford, Essex.(later Scranton Pa. USA)

In memory of my dear husband Wally

Could love have saved you

You would not have died.

rlheco



Sgt. Ernest Stanley Phillips. Royal Air Force, 83 Squadron. (d.21st April 1941)

My mother was married to Ernest Phillips for only a few months before he died in a Hampden bomber raid. My mother had said they were counting planes as the unit returned and had a fear that he was in the missing one(s). She was returned his inscribed burnt out watch that was recovered from the wreckage and which we still have in the family today. They did not have children and my mother re-married in 1942 subsequently producing me and my three sisters. Throughout her life she longed for what would have been if he had not been killed, very sad.




Asst.Swt. Malcom Sidney Karn. Royal Navy, HMS Drake. (d.21st Apr 1941)

Malcom Karn was killed in a bombing raid.

Sean Everett



LAC. Anthony James Evans Foster. Royal Air Force, 12th Flying Training School. (d.21st Apr 1941)

Leading Aicraftman Anthony Foster served with the 12th Flying Training Scool, Royal Air Force in WW2. He died in 1941




PO. William Alfred Miller. Royal Navy, HMS Drake. (d.21st Apr 1941)

William Miller was my uncle, killed just days before I was born. His name is listed among the war dead and he is buried in Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery. His mother, my grandmother, always called him by his middle name Alfie and since I was born so soon after his death, she confused me with him and for years she addressed me as Alfie too.

Rodney Symington



PO. Samuel Whitmore Rogers. Royal Navy, HMS Drake. (d.21st Apr 1941)

Samuel Rogers was the second of 10 children (7 sons and 3 daughters) of William Crawford Rogers and Jessie (nee Whitmore) Rogers. He was born in Willington Quay, Northumberland on in 1910. He is buried in Plymouth (Weston Mill Cemetery).

Jean Wood



Able Sea. George Patton. Royal Navy, HMS Drake. (d.21st Apr 1941)

George Patton_of HMS Drake died on 21st of April 1941 and is buried in Weston Mill Cemetery at Plymouth.

Joseph Williamson










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