HARRINGTON John Alfred Brice

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Alfred 
    Brice 
  • Surname:
    HARRINGTON
  • Service Number:
    DSSX13028
  • Rank:

    Able Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Tynedale
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th December 1943
  • Age At Death:
    41
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 79, Column 2.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of John A. B. and Martha L. Harrington; husband of Kathleen May Harrington, of Droitwich, Worcestershire

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HARRINGTON John Alfred Brice Is Named On These Memorials

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Further Information About HARRINGTON John Alfred Brice

HMS Tynedale was an Escort Destroyer.  On the morning of 12th December 1943 she was escorting a convoy when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-593.  The ship broke in two and sank in the Mediterranean, northwest of Bougie, Algeria, with the loss of 73 crew members.

A letter from the Reverend W.A. Trippass, St Peter, Droitwich dated 23rd May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that John Alfred Brice Harrington be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by Peter Kennedy:
Prior to the war he was a chauffeur at the Norbury Hotel. He had served in Norway, St Nazaire, Sicily and Italy. He had served on HMS Brazen and was a survivor from that destroyer when she was lost in 1941.

John Harrington has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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