In Memory Of
ADAMS, NORMAN CECIL
Service Details
Age:
42
Date of Birth:
1900-08-15
Service No:
7241
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
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:
Column 122.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James and Isabella Adams; husband of Marie Grace Caroline Adams, of Bartle Road, Durban. Born Scotland. A bus driver. He had 2 daughters and 3 sons.
