Edward George Whitelock served during the Second World War in HMS Daring, a D-Class Destroyer that had, for a time, been the first command of Lord Louis Mountbatten. On 18 February 1940 she was one of four destroyers escorting a convoy from the Norway campaign to the UK. In the early hours of the morning the convoy was sighted by U-23, commanded by the man who would later become known as the ‘Wolf of the Atlantic’, Otto Ktretschmer. At a point some 30 miles East from Duncansby Head U-23 found herself trapped on the surface between the two port-side escorts of the convoy. In order to enable an escape Kretschmer decided to attack the stern destroyer, HMS Daring. Two torpedoes were fired and Daring was hit; almost immediately a explosion ripped through the ship, broke her in half she sank within two minutes, with the loss of 157 Officers and crew. There were only 5 survivors. Edward was amongst those killed, aged 22, and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.