David Hart

Leading Sick Berth Attendant, H.M.S. Ibis
Service number C/MX 55841
Died 10 Nov 1942
Commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial
Age 28


David was born on 23 October 1914 in Tottenham, London to Joseph and Netherlands born mother Esther Nunes Nabarro and he had five siblings.

David was a leading sick berth attendant on board H.M.S. Ibis. The ship was sunk whilst on convoy through the Straits of Gibraltar. She was sunk by an airborne torpedo from an Italian aircraft north of Algiers on 10 November 1942.

Photo Credit CWGC