Engine Room Artificer 4th Class D/MX 67238 Herbert Wigglesworth

Family details:
Son of Albert and Elizabeth Wigglesworth, of St. Helens, Lancashire.

Census details:
1939 Register. Unfortunately Herbert is redacted. Father Albert Wigglesworth born 26/07/1895 a Police Constable and mother Elizabeth Carlisle (Wigglesworth) born 21/05/1899 a Cotton Weaver are living at 301 Clock Face Road, St Helens

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=1]Remembered on All Saints War Memorial, Sutton, St Helens[/url]

[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/HMS_Stanley.png[/pic][caption]HMS Stanley[/caption] HMS Stanley was a Town Class destroyer obtained from the Americans under the "lend Lease" programme. She was assigned to 40th Escort Group (Convoys). 17 Dec, 1941 The German submarine U-131 was sunk north-east of Madeira, Portugal, in position 34.12N, 13.35W, by depth charges and gunfire from escort destroyers HMS Exmoor and HMS Blankney, British destroyer HMS Stanley, HMS Pentstemon and HMS Stork, and by depth charges from a Martlet aircraft (Sqdn. 802) of aircraft carrier HMS Audacity. 18 Dec, 1941 The German submarine U-434 was sunk in the North Atlantic north of Madeira, Portugal, in position 36.15N, 15.48W, by depth charges from escort destroyer HMS Blankney and the British destroyer HMS Stanley. 19 Dec, 1941 (Lt. Cdr. D. B. Shaw, RN., OBE) in position (c 38 degrees 12' N.; 17 degrees 23' W.) on station astern of the convoy reported the presence of another U-boat. Half an hour later German U-574 (Gengelbach) scored a direct hit with 1 torpedo ; HMS Stanley exploded and sank with the loss of all, but 25 of her crew. After 12 minutes, HMS Stork gained revenge by sinking the submarine U-574 16 survivors were picked up.