In Memory Of
BARRY, ADRIAN MICHAEL
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1911-10-02
Rank:
Surgeon Lieutenant
Unit:
H.M.S. Punjabi
Regiment:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-05-01
Cause of Death:
Killed when battleship HMS King George V crashed into PUNJABI'S port side just abaft the engine room and went through her "like a butter knife at 25 knots". PUNJABI'S stern sank almost immediately.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 76, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Richard Alan Barry and Gladys Isabel Barry (nee Vander Byl), of Franschhoek, Cape Province, South Africa. M.B., B.Ch., double first Pathology (Cantab.), Gold Medallist University College Hospital. His brother also died on service
