Mark Allen von Bergen
Person details
| Forename(s) | Mark Allen |
|---|---|
| Surname | von Bergen |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Regiment | Royal Navy |
| Age | 22 |
| Death | Missing, lost when his submarine went down |
| Place of Death | Mediterranean Sea |
| Date of Death | 11/08/1943 |
| Year of Entry | 1934 |
| House Letter | F |
| School Notes | Dramatic Society - technician |
| Comments |
The Elizabethan Communion cup given in his memory is now stored in the safe. A wooden display case for it was presented to the Archives by his brother in 2009. War record for the submarine Parthian http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3400.html |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | HMS Parthian |
| Prefect | House Prefect |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 23 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Memorial > UK< Leatherhead http://www.leatherheadweb.org.uk/warmemorials/von_bergen_ma_110843.htm |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Royal Navy |
| Prep School | |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary |
November 21 1943. Recorded as missing March 5 1944. Missing, presumed killed, in September, 1943, Mark AlIen von Bergen. Lieut., RN, (Hedgecock's-Southam's, F, 1934'38). Mark von Bergen will be remembered as a boy strikingly alert and keenly interested in whatever he undertook to do. His gifts lay mainly in practical things, and he was an extremely able electrician; his management of the lighting for the open air production of 'Comus' was especially noteworthy. He was a good companion with vivid powers of conversation, and was a forceful personality as a House Prefect. He passed by the Special Entry into the Navy, where he obviously found his natural bent. Not long after the beginning of the war he volunteered for submarines, and it was while on service in the Mediterranean that his submarine was lost. March 10 1946. We wish to thank Dr. C. W. von Bergen for his generous gift of an Elizabethan Communion Cup and Cover for use in Chapel in memory of his son, M. A. von Bergen, Lieut., R.N., who was lost in H.M. Submarine 'Parthian' in August, 1943. |
| Service Number | 0 |
| Place of Birth |
