WILLIS Oswald Gilbert Lancelot

  • First Name(s):
    Oswald 
    Gilbert 
    Lancelot 
  • Surname:
    WILLIS
  • Service Number:
    PLYX3785
  • Rank:

    Marine

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Marines
  • Ship:
    HMS Neptune
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th December 1941
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England, Panel 60, Column 1.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Gilbert William and Ethel Monica Willis, of St. John’s, Worcester

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WILLIS Oswald Gilbert Lancelot Is Named On These Memorials

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Further Information About WILLIS Oswald Gilbert Lancelot

Appears on the Royal Navy casualties list for Worcestershire.

HMS Neptune was a cruiser. On the night of 19th December 1941 she ran into an uncharted minefield off the coast of Tripoli and sank with the loss of 763 Officers and Men.

Commemorated on the Neptune and Kandahar Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas.

Listed on the Neptune Association website: www.hmsneptune.com under Marine casualties, includes a photograph of Oswald Willis.

A letter from Oswald’s parents, 7 Nelson Road, St John’s, Worcester, no date, can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that his name be added to the county roll of honour.

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

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