In Memory Of

CLAYDON-FINK, ROYSTON ARTHUR

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Apprentice
Unit:
 M.V. Gold Shell (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1945-04-16
Cause of Death:
 Struck a mine off Antwerp and was blown up. It was mid-day and with the exception of a few members of the crew, all were having lunch. Those who were on deck and were thrown into the sea, were rescued, but Royston Arthur Claydon-Fink was not one of the survivors, and his death was presumed due to drowning.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 52.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Bertram Edward and Blanche Muriel Claydon-Fink, of Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. b. Green Point, Cape Town, 22 January 1927; ed. Christian Brothers College, Green Point; General Botha Cadet Draft 1942/43. On completion of his course in General Botha, Royston Arthur Claydon-Fink joined the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. as an apprentice, serving in the MV Taron when she visited France, Italy and USA. In February 1945, after spending his leave in England, he was transferred to their Goldshell, in which he was serving when the tanker struck a mine off Antwerp and was blown up.