In Memory Of
FOY, CECIL ARNOLD
Service Details
Age:
53
Rank:
Master
Unit:
S.S. Retriever (London)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1941-04-12
Cause of Death:
En route from Lemnos to Piraeus, came under attack by dive bombers of the Luftwaffe, one mile off Aliki Rocks near Phleva Island. One bomb penetrated the deck and blew the bottom out of the boat and it sank.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 86.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
Lloyd's Medal, King's Commendation for Brave Conduct
Citations:
LM Awarded for actions on 11 April 1941; King's Commendation for Brave Conduct LG Sup 31 March 1942 - "Commended for brave conduct when their ships encountered enemy ships, submarines, aircraft or mines"
Son of Frank Burridge Foy and Beatrice Louise Foy; husband of Elaine Foy, of Cape Town, South Africa. Awarded Lloyd's Medal.
