In Memory Of

SUTTON, GEORGE ANTHONY MICHAEL

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1923-12-04
Service No:
 586403V
Rank:
 Leading Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Treern
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1945-01-12
Cause of Death:
 Sunk by mine, off East Coast of Greece
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 95, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Frederick W. and Lilian M. Sutton, of Port Alfred, Cape Province, South Africa. Born in Pretoria on the 4th December, 1923. The son of Frederick William and Lilian Mary Sutton. Educated at Port Alfred Secondary School. After Bothie, apprenticed to Andrew Weir & Co., but was transferred to the SAR & H in 1942 (Merchant Navy) as a Seaman Gunner.