In Memory Of
McCULLAGH, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Service Details
Age:
41
Date of Birth:
1903-01-06
Rank:
Lieutenant (E)
Unit:
H.M.S. Mahratta
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1944-02-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while escorting convoy JW-57 to Russia, was struck by two T5 Gnat torpedoes fired by U-990, off the coast of Norway, some 200 miles off Nordkapp. Only 16 of the 236 crew survived. A Catalina aircraft of 210 Squadron attacked and sank U-601 which was trailing the convoy. Although Mahratta was lost, the convoy was a success. It was the largest convoy ever sent to Russia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 85, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
D S C
Citations:
LG Sup 6 January 1942 pg. 136 - "For courage and resolution in the face of enemy air attacks"
Son of William and Eva McCullagh; husband of Marita Winifred McCullagh, of Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Portsmouth, Hampshire
