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Able Seaman
Alexander Archer Bruce
DOUGLAS
Royal Navy
Died On:
Aged:
11 September 1944
22
Alexander Douglas was born in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland in 1922. He was the son of James and Helen Douglas. He died on 11 September 1944 when sleeping in a hammock just clear of a hydraulic ram. The ram moved across at full power killing him instantly. At the time HMS SCEPTRE was lying off Bergen, Norway, having towed HMS X-24 there for a raid on the floating dock in Operation HECKLE. X-24 was successfully recovered and Douglas was buried at sea off Bergen. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial Panel 75.
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