In Memory Of

CROMBIE, CHARLES ROBERT COOPER

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Fourth Engineer Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Gretavale (Glasgow)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-11-02
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, U-202 attacked convoy SC-52 northeast of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and observed hits on two ships and heard a third. At 08.44 hours, a capsized wreck was sunk by coup de grace, possibly that of one of the vessels struck during the first attack. However, the Flynderborg and Gretavale were sunk by these attacks. The master, 31 crew members and six gunners from the Gretavale (Master Frank S. Passmore) were lost. Six crew members were picked up by the HMCS Windflower (K 155) (Lt John Price) and landed at St.Johns.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 54.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Walter and Edith Crombie; husband of Sarah M. Crombie, of Plean, Stirlingshire. Born 1912 in Cape Town. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45