In Memory Of
BIRD, GEORGE FREDERICK
Service Details
Age:
79
Rank:
Civilian
Regiment:
Civilian War Dead
Date of Death:
1942-10-29
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed and sunk by U-575 (Guenther Heydemann) 700 miles NW of the Azores. Sailed from Cape Town on 8th October 1942 bound for Liverpool with 207 passengers and a cargo of 3000 tons of wool and bags of mail. The master, Captain Reginald William Tate, 148 crew, 18 gunners and 173 passengers were lost.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
M.V. "ABOSSO"
Country:
Lost at Sea
Additional Information
Of 33 Minavio Street, Yeoville, Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of George and Susanah Bird, of 21 Hillary Street, Pleck, Walsall, Staffordshire; husband of the late Florence Bird.