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Mervyn Wingfield

Submarine commander · Lived 1911 to 2005 · aged 94

Captain Mervyn Robert George Wingfield was a Royal Navy officer who served in submarines throughout World War II, narrowly surviving a sinking after a collision in the North Sea, and was the first British submarine commander to sink a Japanese submarine.

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Lived 1911 to 2005 · aged 94