Service Details
Name:
 LEACH
Given Name:
 GEORGE RICHARD
Initials:
 G R
Rank:
 Sailor
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Blairatholl (Glasgow)
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-27
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Date of Birth:
 1923-10-13
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy SC-98, had collision with John Bakke. Blairatholl sent an SOS. 'Foundering. Require Assistance. Taking to rafts. Boats carried away'. Blairatholl foundered while proceeding to St.Johns NF. En route New York for Loch Ewe and Tyne.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Reuben and Catherine Johanna Leach, of Fort Beaufort, Cape Province, South Africa. Born "Macomaskraal", Victoria East District. Ex-cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17.

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