HMS Orpheus (Lt.Cdr. James Anthony Surtees Wise, RN) was sunk on 19 June 1940 while on patrol about 25 nautical miles north of Tobruk, Libya in by the Italian destroyer Turbine
Military - HMS Orpheus (Lt.Cdr. James Anthony Surtees Wise, RN) was sunk on 19 June 1940 while on patrol about 25 nautical miles north of Tobruk, Libya in by the Italian destroyer Turbine - 19 Jun 1940 - Tobruk, Libya
James (known as Jimmy) died on Saturday 29 June 1940 on board H.M. Submarine "Orpheus". He was leading telegraphist C/JX 134273 aged 25, the son of James Herbert & Lily Ellison of New Brumby, Lincolnshire.
Births Mar 1915
ELLISON James W Richardson Glanford B. 7a 1276