In Memory Of
ARTHUR, CYRIL HENRY
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Junior Engineer Officer
Unit:
M.V. Fort Richepanse (Belfast)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1941-09-03
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 51.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Estelle Arthur, of 18 Bayview Road, Cape Town, South Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
