Service Details
Name:
 ARTHUR
Given Name:
 CYRIL HENRY
Initials:
 C H
Rank:
 Junior Engineer Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 M.V. Fort Richepanse (Belfast)
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Date of Death:
 1941-09-03
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 At 20.42 hours on 3 September 1941 the unescorted Fort Richepanse (Master Charles Draper) was torpedoed and sunk by U-567 about 450 miles southwest of Bloody Foreland. The master, 25 crew members, five gunners and five passengers were lost. 15 crew members and seven passengers were picked up by ORP Garland (H 37) (LtCdr K.F. Namiesniowski, ORP) and ORP Piorun (G 65) (Cdr E.J.S. Plawski, ORP) and landed at Greenock.
Additional
Information:
Son of Estelle Arthur, of 18 Bayview Road, Cape Town, South Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 51.

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