Horace Maynard
Horace joined the Royal Navy and was serving at the start of W.W.2
He died on 15th. March 1942 aboard H.M.S. Vortigen
HMS Vortigern, a V Class destroyer built in 1917 was employed as a short range escort during WW11. On the
15th of March 1942 whilst escorting a coastal convoy (FS749) along with HMS GUILLEMOT she was
torpedoed by a German S boat. From her crew, 147 men lost their lives with only 14 surviving the attack,.