Remembering Today Casualty Able Seaman SNELLING, WILLIAM ARTHUR GEORGE Service Number D/SSX 20909 Died 27/04/1941 Aged 21 H.M.S. Diamond, Royal Navy Son of William Joseph and Minnie Snelling, of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Commemorated at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Location: Devon, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 23228 Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 48, Column 2.
UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960 Name: William Arthur George Snelling Event: Death Birth Date: 3 Oct 1919 Birth Place: Burnham, Somerset Death Date: 27 Apr 1941 Death Age: 21 HMS Diamond (H22) - Wikipedia Diamond was sunk by German aircraft on 27 April 1941 whilst evacuating Allied troops from Greece. TD
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 34 Worston Lane, Burnham-on-Sea U.D., Somerset NAME DOB OCCUPATION William J Snelling 29 Feb 1888 Builders Labourer Heavy Worker Minnie Snelling 18 Nov 1899 Unpaid Domestic Duties Sorry, this record is officially closed. Barbara P Wilson (Snelling) 15 Apr 1932 At School