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Identity
Person No.
21351
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
David Haigh
Initials
D H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, At 05.49 hours on 11 Apr, 1943, U-188 fired a torpedo at the convoy ON-176 southwest of Iceland and observed a hit on a tanker after 1 minute 34 seconds, which finally sank after 45 minutes with a broken back. At 05.50 hours, two torpedoes were fired and after 1 minute 58 seconds and 2 minutes 11 seconds hits on two ships were heard. At 05.52 hours again two torpedoes were fired, which hit a fourth ship after 1 minute 58 seconds that began to settle by the bow. However, Allied records indicate that only HMS Beverley (H 64) (LtCdr R.A. Price, RN) was hit and sunk at that time. HMS Clover (K 134) (Lt P.H. Grieves, RNR) later picked up five survivors and recovered two bodies, but one of the survivors later died on board. On 9 Apr, 1943, HMS Beverley had been seriously damaged in a collision with the British steam merchant Cairnvalona (4929 grt) and took station in the rear of the convoy, until she was torpedoed some 30 hours later
Notes

Son of George and Mary Mortimer Revill, of Bothwell, Lanarkshire (formerly of Cape Town, South Africa). Chief Cadet Captain, H.M.S. Conway. On Bothwell War Memorial

Citations

LG Sup 15 September 1942

LG Sup 15 September 1942 p.4059
LG Sup 15 September 1942 p.4059
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