WHITE, Percival John

Portsmouth Naval Memorial, UKCredit: CWGC

Able Seaman (Torpedoman)
HM Submarine Snapper
Royal Navy

Percival was born on the 11th of May 1900 in Blackwater, Newport to William Thomas & Florence Louisa (nee STOKES) WHITE. In 1924 at Newport Registry Office, he married Constance Gladys MOORE & lived at 9 Linden Road in Newport.

Snapper sailed from Clyde, south west Scotland on the 29th January 1941 for a Bay of Biscay patrol, south west of Ushant. She left her escort at Land’s End, & was due to leave patrol area on the night of the 10th of February, but she was not heard from again & failed to rendezvous with HMS Capricieuse on the 12th. Possibly sunk in German minefield or from depth charge attacks late on the 10th / early on the 11th by minesweepers M.2, M.13 & M.25. All 42 crew were lost.

Percival, aged 40, is commemorated by the Commission on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial together with nearly 15,000 of his Second World War shipmates.

Percival 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.