<![CDATA[Marine William Joseph Bradley]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/40+RM+Cdo/Billy.jpg.html In December 1942 Special Service Vessel, HMS Fidelity (D57), with 'T' Company, 40 RM Cdo aboard, on a secret mission to the Far East, joined Convoy ON 154.
The convoy was attacked by U-boats from 27 December while north of the Azores. HMS Fidelity, suffering from engine problems, was left behind by the convoy.
On 30 December she was torpedoed and sunk by U-435 under the command of Siegfried Strelow at position 43°23?N 27°07?W with the loss of 274 crew, 51 Marines and the 44 survivors from SS Empire Shackleton that she'd picked up. The only survivors were the eight crew of the motor torpedo boat, detached on anti-submarine patrol, who were later picked up by HMCS Woodstock (K238), and two crewmen of a seaplane that had crashed on take off on 28 December and been picked up by HMCS St. Laurent (H83). To this day 40 RM Cdo has never reused 'T' as a company designation in memory of the loss...]]>
en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:08:30 -0400 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/66298-4/Billy.jpg <![CDATA[Marine William Joseph Bradley]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/Royal+Marine+Commando+Units/40+RM+Cdo/Billy.jpg.html