Aaron Colman

Ordinary Signalman Aaron Colman was an English sailor of the Royal Navy who died during the Second World War.
He was born in Manchester, the son of Russian-born parents Max and Leah Colman (née Aronovitch).
Aged 19, Colman died on 14 February 1945 aboard the motor torpedo boat HMS MTB 791 when a fire at Ostend Harbour, Belgium, culminated in an explosion that destroyed the ship, along with 11 others. Some 62 sailors died, the largest loss of life incurred by the Royal Navy's Coastal Forces during the war.The Ostend Disaster 1945, cfv.org.uk. Retrirved 6 August 2015.
He is buried in Oostende New Communal Cemetery.
==Notes==
==References==
*Ancestry.co.uk.
*Colman, Aaron, cwgc.org. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
Category:Birth Date Unknown
Category:1945 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Russian descent
Category:Royal Navy
Category:Buried in Belgium
Category:Ordinary Signalmen