Service Details
Name:
BAGSHAWE-SMITH
Given Name:
SYDNEY QUENTIN
Initials:
S Q
Service No:
68454
Rank:
Able Seaman
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Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
H.M.S. Gloucester
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Date of Death:
1941-05-22
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Age:
25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Additional
Information:
Son of Leonard and Ida Bagshaw-Smith, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Frances M. Bagshawe-Smith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. His brother, A.B. Philip Raymond Bagshawe-Smith, perished with him.
Commemoration
Country:
United Kingdom
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Locality:
Devon
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Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Panel 58, Column 3.

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