In Memory Of
BLOCK, JOEL
Service Details
Age:
34
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Cook
Unit:
M.V. Rio Bravo (London)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1944-11-02
Cause of Death:
Torpedoed by German E-boat while at anchor two miles north of Ostend, Belgium, pier, in position 51.17N x 02.58E. Fourteen lives lost; survivors rescued by HMS KERNOT
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 87.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Hershal and Leah Block, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Gertrude Block, of New Brighton, Wallasey, Cheshire.
