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WW2 Naval Casualty, H.M.S. Jaguar off Tobruk.(Malta Convoy)
1939-45 Star; Africa Star; 1939-45 War Medal; Condolence slip, Joseph Barker; Box of issue but with details removed.
D/SSX 33898 A.B. Joseph Barker
He was Killed on the 26th March 1942 whilst serving on H.M.S Jaguar off the coast of Tobruk, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
With a modern copy memorial scroll
Jaguar helped to escort convoy MF 2 into Malta on 7–8 January 1942. She left Malta later that month, and from 13 to 16 June escorted the Malta-bound three ship Convoy MW 9, but two of the merchant ships were sunk and the third damaged and forced to put into Tobruk.
On 26 March 1942 Jaguar and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga were escorting the tanker RFA Slavol when Slavol was torpedoed by the German submarine U-652 and set on fire. Jaguar came alongside Salvol to rescue the oiler’s crew, but the destroyer was then struck by two more torpedoes from U-652.
Jaguar broke into three parts and quickly sank off Sidi Barrani, Egypt, 31°53′N 26°18′E with the loss of 3 officers and 190 of her crew, including two from the Irish Republic which was neutral at the time. 8 officers and 45 crewmen were rescued by the South African naval whaler Klo
Condition – NEF
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