Stoker Francis Vicery Green, LT/KX 101043
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- Unit - Royal Naval Patrol Service - HMS Van Meerlant
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- Date of Birth -
- Died - 04/06/1941
- Age - 23
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Stoker Francis Vicery Green was the son of Thomas and Agnes Green, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
HMS Van Meerlant was a minelayer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, which was transferred to the Royal Navy on the 14th March 1941. The ship hit a mine in the Thames Estuary on the 4th June 1941, and sunk, killing 42 men.
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Francis was remembered by his family at 62 Northampton Rd, in a notice placed in the Market Harborough Advertiser on the 1st June 1945:
'In Memoriam'
'GREEN- Just a tribute of Love and Remembrance to our dear Son and Brother, Stoker Francis R., lost at sea June 4th 1941. Also remembering his Shipmates. Still sadly missed'.
Family Circle, 62 Northampton Road, Market Harborough.
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Submitted by B. Hakewill, 2018
- Conflict - World War II
- Burial Place - Commemorated at Lowestoft Naval Memorial, Panel 7, Col.1
