In Memory Of

DE VILLIERS, LINDSAY

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Lieut-Commander
Unit:
 H.M.S. Hunter
Regiment:
 Royal Navy
Date of Death:
 1940-04-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 1st Battle of Narvik, ship loss. During the first battle of Narvik, the destroyer HMS Hunter was hit by shellfire and set on fire, she was then torpedoed by the German destroyer Georg Thiele. Hunter was then rammed in the stern by HMS Hotspur and then sank, Hotspur was out of control after been hit by enemy shells
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 36, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Son of James Henry and Marie Josephine de Villiers; husband of Pamela Margaret de Villiers, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.