Donald Douglas Ratcliffe

Donald Douglas Ratcliffe

BORN28th August 1920 in Old Stratford
LIVED"St Clair" Deanshanger Road Old Stratford
DeathH.M.S. Culver - he died, off the coast of Ireland, when his ship broke in two and sank in less than a minute Saturday 31st January 1942 - there is an account of the incident at Ahoy - Mac's Web Log
BuriedNo known grave. Commemorated on PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire. Panel 66, Column 1
Rank & RegimentOrdinary Seaman P/JX 275706
FatherEli Ratcliffe, b 1871, Potterspury
MotherAlice Mary Wootton b 1879, Chelsea
NotesDouglas is also remembered on the Old Stratford memorial. He was one of 9 children. His father worked for E & H Roberts

USCGC Mendota, under construction, circa 1928. Renamed HMS Culver at beginning of WW2. Photograph from US Coastguard website https://www.history.uscg.mil/