In Memory Of
VAN DYK, CECIL HENRY
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1917-06-25
Service No:
67404
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 John Henry and Muriel Amelia Daisy van Dyk, of Red Hill, Durban, Natal, South Africa.
