Brewster,+R

Able Seaman, H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. Service No: P/JX 312945. Age: 22. Date of Death: 30/10/1944. Son of Mr. C. W. Brewster, and of Mrs. S. A. Brewster, of Keighley, Yorkshire. PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 81, Column 3.
 * Brewster, Robert**

Lost on the "Baron Semple", a cargo ship of 4573 g.r.t.,(H.Hogarth & Sons) sailing unescorted from Rio- de-Janerio to the U.K via Freetown, with a cargo of Iron Ore. Sunk by U848, North West of Ascension Island on the 2nd Nov 1943 with the loss of all lives. Three days later the U848, was sunk by depth charges from Liberator & Mitchell aircraft, with the loss of all the crew See Keighley News ... See uboat .net