In Memory Of
LEACH, GEORGE RICHARD
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1923-10-13
Rank:
Sailor
Unit:
S.S. Blairatholl (Glasgow)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1942-11-27
Cause of Death:
Whilst operating with Convoy SC-98, had collision with John Bakke. Blairatholl sent an SOS. 'Foundering. Require Assistance. Taking to rafts. Boats carried away'. Blairatholl foundered while proceeding to St.Johns NF. En route New York for Loch Ewe and Tyne.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 17.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Reuben and Catherine Johanna Leach, of Fort Beaufort, Cape Province, South Africa. Born "Macomaskraal", Victoria East District. Ex-cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
