In Memory Of
LEWIS, RICHARD CHARLES
Service Details
Age:
36
Rank:
Greaser
Unit:
S.S. Nova Scotia (Liverpool)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 74.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Richard Charles and Beatrice Lewis; husband of Nellie Margaret Lewis, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
