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Identity
Person No.
5427
Service No.
Unknown
First Name
Lindsay
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 1st Battle of Narvik, ship loss. During the first battle of Narvik, the destroyer HMS Hunter was hit by shellfire and set on fire, she was then torpedoed by the German destroyer Georg Thiele. Hunter was then rammed in the stern by HMS Hotspur and then sank, Hotspur was out of control after been hit by enemy shells
Military Service
Rank
Lieut-Commander
Defence Force
UK 4,066
British forces
Notes

Son of James Henry and Marie Josephine de Villiers; husband of Pamela Margaret de Villiers, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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