In Memory Of

ADAMS, NORMAN CECIL

Service Details
Age:
 42
Date of Birth:
 1900-08-15
Service No:
 7241
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Durban Light Infantry, 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 122.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James and Isabella Adams, of Archibald?s Hotel, Umzinto, Natal. Husband of Marie Grace Caroline (nee Edwards) Adams, of Bartle Road, Umbilo, Durban. Born Scotland. A bus driver. He had 2 daughters and 3 sons. Commemorative headstone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery