On 8/Jan/1941 was there an air raid on H.M.S. Eaglet,? ,HMS Eaglet became the Base Ship for the Royal Navy in Liverpool. I was told that the guy I am researching(CPO SAUBERGUE, PETER LEWIS of HMS Eglet) was killed on that day and he was supposed to have died in an air raid. Is there any sites on the net that will give me more information on Liverpool during the Blitz? many thanks. Regards. Tom Burnell
Google will produce many references to the Liverpool Blitz of May 1941 and this one also gives some background: http://www.lmu.livjm.ac.uk/etms/printItem.asp?itemID=150 All it says about January 1941 though is that five light raids were carried out in the first two months of the year, which presumably does not help you much. Your subject may have been killed in a "light raid" of no great interest to historians, but killed is killed! Here in the Bristol area, the most comprehensive work on the Blitz has been done by local amateur historians and I wonder of it is worth getting in touch with Liverpool local history groups.
Personal details from the CWGC: Name: SAUBERGUE, PETER LEWIS Initials: P L Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Chief Petty Officer Regiment: Royal Navy Unit Text: H.M.S. Eaglet Age: 54 Date of Death: 08/01/1941 Service No: D/217968 Additional information: Husband of Lilian Beatrice Saubergue. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Sec. 1. C. of E. Grave 685. Cemetery: LIVERPOOL (KIRKDALE) CEMETERY at: http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/casualty_...asualty=2412331 HMS Eaglet was the sloop previously named Sir Bevis which served as the HQ of the RNVR in Liverpool. I cannot imagine that she was the target, so it was probably a random bomb hit. http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2004/0404/0004041501.asp
Hi Tom, 8th January 1941 was a very quiet day due to the weather both over the UK & the channel, a few raiders got through but not many. Liverpool itself did not suffer any major incidents that night, they had been hit quite badly on the 20th December 1940, the main raids on the city were to be in May between the 1st and 8th when 1,700 citizens were killed.
