In Memory Of
BAILEY, JOHN HERBERT REID
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
1903-03-07
Rank:
Lieut-Commander (R.N.R.)
Unit:
S.S. Amarylis (Panama)
Unit 2:
Serving as Staff Captain
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1942-12-02
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 6.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Husband of Mary Campbell Bailey, of 34 Harold Road, Upper Norwood, London, S.E.19. Born South Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
