Stoker 1st ClassHARDING, ROBERT MICHAEL Service Number C/KX 99467 Died 22/10/1943 Aged 22 H.M.S. Hurworth Royal Navy Son of Robert Michael and Alice Harding, of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. Casualty
HMS Hurworth was a Hunt class escort destroyer, sunk by a mine in the Dodecanese, south of Kos, as she went to pick up survivors from the Greek destroyer HHMS Adria which had struck a mine just before. The two ships were attempting to decor German forces to allow faster destroyers to slip through from Alexandria to Leros with troops and supplies. The explosion broke the Hurworth in half and she sank within 15 minutes, with a loss of 131 men; there were 85 survivors. There is a fascinating survivor's account of the sinking in the Telegraph, which incidentally gives the death toll as 134. Pat
UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: Robert Michael Harding Event: Death Birth Date: 26 Jun 1921 Birth Place: Amersham, Bucks. Death Date: 22 Oct 1943 Death Age: 22 Robert M Harding 1921–1943 BIRTH SEP 1921 • Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England DEATH 22 OCT 1943 TD
