RAYNER, Percy Murcott

Portsmouth Naval Memorial, UKCredit: CWGC

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
HM Submarne Olympus
Royal Navy

Percy was born 1917 in Newport to James William & Olive Kate (nee VINCENT) RAYNER of Newport.

On the 8th of May 1942 HMS/M Olympus was on passage, with personnel, from Malta to Gibraltar. Personnel included some crew members from the bombed submarines Pandora, P.36, P.39. Sunk 6 miles from St Elmo Light off Malta Grand Harbour by German E-boat lain mines. 98 lost, composed of 68 crew, 1 from Pandora, 3 from P.36, & 26 from P.39. 9 managed to swim to shore – 3 from Olympus & 6 from P.39.

Percy, aged 25, was one of those lost; his body was never recovered & so he is commemorated by the Commission upon the Portsmouth Naval Memorial to those Lost at Sea together with nearly 15,000 of his Second World War shipmates.

Percy is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.