ATLANTIC STAR GROUP OF THREE -HARRY GENT-H.M.S. MAHRATTA-DIED WHEN SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE U990 ON ARTIC CONVOY DUTY

1939/45 Star, Atlantic Star, 1939/45 War Medal, in box of issue named to: Mrs. N. Gent, 9,Hillside Terrace,Bradford, Yorks. With Admiralty medal slip named to: HARRY GENT.
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Ordinary Seman Harry Gent no: D/JX 409097 H.M.S. Mahratta, died on February 25th 1944 The Son of James and Nellie Gent, of Bradford Yorks. He is comm om The Plymouth Naval Memorial.
H.M.S.MARRATA was protecting an Artic Convoy, no JW57 which had sailed from Loch Ewe for Russia on 20th February 1944.The convoy was sighted by German reconnaissance planes on the 23rd and H.M.S. Mahratta was torpedoed by the U-990 on the 25th-she quickly sank with loss of 220 of her crew: there were 17 survivors.
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