Son of Thomas Reuben Brignall, and of Ethel Louise Brignall, of Brixham, Devon.
The British steamship Grayburn, ship number 168570, in convoy HX-133 from Baltimore to Swansea, was torpedoed by a U Boat U-651, commanded by Korvettenkapitän Peter Lohmeyer, and sank South of Iceland.
Acknowledgments Barney Rice
Edward John Brignall is remembered in Southwick on S130.05, on our List of Ships’ crews and in Southwick on Wear
The wrecking of S.S. Grayburn
The CWGC entry for 4th Engineer Officer Brignall