In Memory Of
AYDON, PHILIP HENRY
Service Details
Age:
50
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Master
Unit:
S.S. Tinhow (Glasgow)
Regiment:
Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
1943-05-11
Cause of Death:
At 04.08 hours on 11 May, 1943, the unescorted Tinhow (Master Philip Henry Aydon) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 25 miles 230 degrees from Limpoo Light in the Mozambique Channel. The master, 24 crew members and 50 passengers were lost. 41 crew members, twelve gunners and 75 passengers were picked up by Portuguese fishing boats and landed at Lourcenco Marques on 13 May.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 108.
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of the late Arthur Horatio and Benedicta Aydon. Husband of Margaret Agnes Aydon, of "Park Cliffe", 422 Currie Road, Durban, South Africa. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
