Service Details
Name:
 SCOTT
Given Name:
 RICHARD BASIL
Initials:
 R B
Service No:
 68822
Rank:
 Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Birdlip
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-13
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, torpedoed and sunk off Greenville, Liberia in approximate position 05'00'N, 09'00'W by the German submarine U-547
Additional
Information:
Son of John Beacher and Natalie Dorothy Scott, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 92, Column 1.

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