In Memory Of
ASHBY, SKIDMORE FOWLER
Service Details
Age:
38
Date of Birth:
1904-01-23
Service No:
6503
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, 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 119.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Skidmore F. and Alice Ashby and brother of Miss M. E. Ashby, all of "Hammond", Verulam, Natal. Born in Verulam. A farmer by profession. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. Commemoration stone in Verulam Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal.
