Service Details
Name:
 GREGORY
Given Name:
 STANLEY DENNIS
Initials:
 S D
Service No:
 D/JX 289719
Rank:
 Able Seaman
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. President III
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-25
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, lost on M.V. Narragansett. At 06.09 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de grace at 06.18 hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost.
Additional
Information:
Son of Jack and Frances Tilley Gregory, of Portishead, Somerset. Native of 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 65, Column 1.

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