In Memory Of
SMITH, ALEXANDER ANDERSON
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Second Officer
Unit:
S.S. Empire Lancer (Greenock)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1944-08-16
Cause of Death:
On 16 Aug 1944 the unescorted Empire Lancer (Master Maxime Jollivet) was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the Mozambique Channel. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost. 34 crew members and three gunners landed 60 miles south of Lumbo, Portuguese East Africa ten days later.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 43.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Captain and Mrs. T. A. Smith, of Liverpool. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
