In Memory Of

FERNIE, ROBERTSON MALCOLM

Service Details
Age:
 36
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 First Radio Officer
Unit:
 S.S. Grelhead (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-12-02
Cause of Death:
 At 0119, 2 miles of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, U-562 sinks British SS Grelhead carrying 6900 tons of iron ore (41 killed, 2 survivors make land). At 2033 just East of Gibraltar, U-557 sinks Norwegian SS Fjord carrying 5900 tons of iron ore (14 killed, 22 survivors reach the Spanish coast on 2 rafts)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 53.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Lt.-Col. Ralph Fernie and Ursula Maude Fernie; stepson of Elizabeth Fernie, of Thorpe, Norwich. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45