In Memory Of
BAGSHAWE-SMITH, SYDNEY QUENTIN
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
68454
Rank:
Able Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S. Gloucester
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1941-05-22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 58, Column 3.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Leonard and Ida Bagshaw-Smith, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Frances M. Bagshawe-Smith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. His brother, A.B. Philip Raymond Bagshawe-Smith, perished with him.
