In Memory Of

SYMONS, MAURLCE METHLEY

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1913-09-14
Service No:
 68245
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Gloucester
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-05-22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Philip Methley and Myrtle Matilda Symons, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Howick, Natal. Educated at Dundee Intermediate School. In 1931 he joined SARSHIPS as AB, but in 1933 he left the sea to take up farming. At the outbreak of WW2 he joined the SANF and was serving in HMS Gloucester when she was sunk off Crete. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha.