In Memory Of
SMITH, MATTHEW STRANG
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1918-03-19
Service No:
67359
Rank:
Ordinary Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S. Gloucester
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1941-05-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Harold Bayldon and May Marguerite (nee Thomson) Smith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.
