Williams, Harold Victor

Date of Birth	1920-07-03
Date of Death	1945-08-14
Age	25
Gender	Male
Birth Place	GBR, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Died During Service	Yes
Cause of Death	Drowned

Service Details

Service	RN – Royal Navy
Date of Entry	1939
Rate	Engine Room Articifer, 3rd Class
Official Number	D/MX102756
Discharged Date	1945-08-14
Discharge Type	DD - Discharged Dead
Active Service (War service)	WW2
Ship	HMS Thule (T-class submarine)

Other Details

Submariner

Yes

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Perth War Cemetery and Annex
Cemetery Address	Smyth Road
Section	Plot L
Row	Row C
Grave Number	Grave 3
Grave Type	Burial - Grave

Notes

After the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy as a Direct Entry Engine Room Artificer and trained as a Submariner. By August 1945 he had been advanced to Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class and he was serving in Submarine HMS Thule under Lt Commander A C G Mars at Fremantle in Western Australia. Son of Harry Randall David and Phoebe Helen Williams, of Bristol, England. Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR SON AND TAKE YOUR REST THE BLOW WAS HARD BUT GOD KNOWS BEST Some sources report that Harold died having committed suicide by drowning himself ‘whilst in a depressed state of mind’ whilst HMS Thule was at Fremantle, other sources list his passing as DOWS (Died on War Service), drowning.

Sources

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, World War 2

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