In Memory Of

WHYMARK, VIVIAN GEORGE

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 69024
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. Barham
Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
 1941-11-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while steaming to cover an attack on Italian convoys, HMS Barham was hit by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-331. As she rolled over to port, her after magazines exploded and the ship quickly sank with the loss of over two-thirds of her crew
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Stephen G. and Mary E. Whymark. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery