In Memory Of
SHIMMIN, WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
36
Service No:
69661
Rank:
Leading Stoker
Unit:
H.M.S.A.S. Southern Floe
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1941-02-11
Cause of Death:
Lost after striking a mine while on patrol in Mediterranean near Tobruk, Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 59, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of James and Hannah Shimmin; husband of Edith R. Shimmin, of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
