Identity
Person No.
20681
Service No.
68529
Last Name
First Name
David
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
During the return to Britain of convoy QP 13, HMS Niger led a column of merchantmen in bad weather with visibility reduced to one mile. HMS Niger had been unable to take bearings due to the weather but made a sighting of land, which was in fact an iceberg. She had unfortunately led the convoy into a British minefield off Iceland. She was mined at 22.40 hours in position 66 35'N, 23 14'W as were six of the merchants she was escorting, all but one also sank
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Harry and Mary Price; husband of Ivy Price, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project