Sole, T A

• Memorial panel: Right
• Full name: Thomas Alban Sole
• Rank: Able Seaman
• Service details: P/JX 252579, H.M.S. Egret, Royal Navy
• Age at death: 32
• Date of death: 8/27/1943
• Place of birth: Banbury
• Parents: Charles James and Eliza Sole
• Mother's maiden name: Boss
• Parents' marriage details: Banbury Sep-05
• Wife: Dorothy Emily Sole, of Banbury
• Wife's maiden name: Cooper
• Marriage details: 1939 Banbury
• Cemetery: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
• Additional information:
  HMS Egret was the first ship to be sunk by a guided missile (the Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb). The 40th Support Group, including Egret, was attacked in the Bay of Biscay by a squadron of 18 Dornier Do 217 carrying Henschel glider bombs. Egret was sunk with the loss of 194 of her crew. Additionally, there were four RAF Y-Service electronics specialists on board, all of whom also died.

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