Identity
Person No.
17489
Service No.
68932
Last Name
First Name
Cyril Desmond
Initials
C D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, while steaming to cover an attack on Italian convoys, HMS Barham was hit by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-331. As she rolled over to port, her after magazines exploded and the ship quickly sank with the loss of over two-thirds of her crew
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Ordinary Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Thomas P. and Hilda Morris, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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samilhistory.com
open source ↗
samilhistory.com Remembrance / Peter Dickens SAN WW2 honour roll
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