In Memory Of

GREGORY, STANLEY DENNIS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 D/JX 289719
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 H.M.S. President III
Regiment:
 Royal Navy
Date of Death:
 1942-03-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, lost on M.V. Narragansett. At 06.09 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de grace at 06.18 hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 65, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Devon
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Jack and Frances Tilley Gregory, of Portishead, Somerset. Native of South Africa.