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Son of Charles Henry Whetton and Fanny Mary Jane Williamson from Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Husband of Edna Mary Smith from Roslison, Derbyshire, England. He was father of a child.
A Type XXVIIB submarine, Seehund Class, attacked the Taber Park on its voyage from the Tyne to London, England, and sank it off Aldeburgh in the North Sea, off Southwold, position 52°22'N/01°53'E, while it was part of the FS-1753 convoy from Methil to the Thames, England.
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Commemorated on:
Page 267 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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