JAKEMAN Leonard William

  • First Name(s):
    Leonard 
    William 
  • Surname:
    JAKEMAN
  • Service Number:
    PJX261937
  • Rank:

    Ordinary Signalman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS St. Briac
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    12th March 1942
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 66, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Edward Thomas Jakeman and Mary Ann Jakeman, of Upton-on-Severn, Worcestershire

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JAKEMAN Leonard William Is Named On These Memorials

Ripple St Mary’s Church
Ryall and Ripple War Memorial

Further Information About JAKEMAN Leonard William

HMS St Briac was a cross channel steamer that operated mainly between Southampton and St Malo.  She assisted in the Dunkirk evacuations and was requisitioned in June 1941 by the British Admiralty for service as a Merchant Auxiliary.  On 12th March 1942 she was serving as a Fleet Air Arm target vessel when she broke down in a strong south-easterly gale.  This resulted in the ship drifting into a British minefield off the coast of Scotland where she struck a mine 20 miles East of Arbroath.  Six of the crew lost their lives, the remaining crew abandoned ship with further crew members drowning before other ships arrived to pick up survivors.  A total of 47 crew members lost their lives.

Leonard Jakeman has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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