In Memory Of

KNIGHT, NORMAN WEST

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 D/MX 74548
Rank:
 Petty Officer Writer
Unit:
 H.M.S. Abdiel
Regiment:
 Royal Navy
Date of Death:
 1943-09-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, left from Bizerta in Tunisia to invade Italy, the first objective was the important port of Taranto. HMS Abdiel, a fast mine-laying cruiser arrived off Taranto late evening on 9th September 1943. Just before midnight there was a flash and explosion, followed by sparks shooting out of the funnel. After the explosion, the ship broke in half, and the stern end disappeared. The ship sank in four minutes.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 83, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Fred Lewis and Hilda Knight; husband of Sheila Kathleen Knight, of Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Born Johannesburg. A clerk.