Service Details
Name:
FOY
Given Name:
CECIL ARNOLD
Initials:
C A
Rank:
Master
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Regiment:
Merchant Navy
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Unit:
S.S. Retriever (London)
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Date of Death:
1941-04-12
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Age:
53
Cause of Death:
En route from Lemnos to Piraeus, came under attack by dive bombers of the Luftwaffe, one mile off Aliki Rocks near Phleva Island. One bomb penetrated the deck and blew the bottom out of the boat and it sank.
Decorations:
Lloyd's Medal, King's Commendation for Brave Conduct
Citations:
LM Awarded for actions on 11 April 1941; King's Commendation for Brave Conduct LG Sup 31 March 1942 - "Commended for brave conduct when their ships encountered enemy ships, submarines, aircraft or mines"
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank Burridge Foy and Beatrice Louise Foy; husband of Elaine Foy, of Cape Town, South Africa. Awarded Lloyd's Medal.
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 86.

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