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Jack Collins
Died at sea HMS Bramble
Dec 31st 1942 Aged 18
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St Andrew Ombersley
Worcestershire
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John Frederick
Collins
17th March 1924
Ombersley, Worcestershire
31st December 1942
Killed in action when HMS Bramble was sunk with all hands on board in the Battle of the Barents Sea by the German cruiser Admiral Hipper and the destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt. She had been searching for missing ships from the convoy en route to Russia from Loch Ewe
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Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
Second World War
Stoker 2nd Class
HMS Bramble Royal Navy
Known as Jack. HMS Bramble attempted to return fire but was overwhelmed. The ship was sunk in the Barents Sea
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