In Memory Of
WHITTAL, CLIFFORD GERALD
Service Details
Age:
43
Date of Birth:
1899-01-23
Service No:
6884
Rank:
Sapper
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
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 141.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James and Susannah Alecia (nee Selby) Whittal. Husband of Alice (nee Burr) Whittal. His brother died in service in WW1
