In Memory Of

SIMONS, FREDERICK

Service Details
Age:
 43
Rank:
 Second Engineer Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Khedive Ismail (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1944-02-12
Cause of Death:
 Lost in S.S. Khedive Ismail (London). Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1297 perished
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 61.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45