Service Details
Name:
 DE VILLIERS
Given Name:
 LINDSAY
Initials:
 L
Rank:
 Lieut-Commander
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Hunter
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Date of Death:
 1940-04-10
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 1st Battle of Narvik, ship loss. During the first battle of Narvik, the destroyer HMS Hunter was hit by shellfire and set on fire, she was then torpedoed by the German destroyer Georg Thiele. Hunter was then rammed in the stern by HMS Hotspur and then sank, Hotspur was out of control after been hit by enemy shells
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Additional
Information:
Son of James Henry and Marie Josephine de Villiers; husband of Pamela Margaret de Villiers, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
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 36, Column 1.

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