Service Details
Name:
 SIMONS
Given Name:
 FREDERICK
Initials:
 F
Rank:
 Second Engineer Officer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Khedive Ismail (London)
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Date of Death:
 1944-02-12
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Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Lost in S.S. Khedive Ismail (London). Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1297 perished
Additional
Information:
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
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 61.

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