In Memory Of

BOTTLE, GEORGE HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 18
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Fireman
Unit:
 S.S. Maid of Orleans (London)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1944-06-28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at 21.30 hours on 28 June 1944, Maid of Orleans (Master Herbert L. Payne) in convoy FXP-18 was damaged by an explosion and sank after 30 minutes southeast of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. The ship had brought troops to the Normandy beachheads and was on her return trip. Five crew members were lost. The master, 72 crew members, 18 gunners and two passengers (Observer Corps personnel) were picked up by HMS Hotham (K 583) (A/LtCdr S. Ayles, RNR), HMS Eglinton (L 87) (LtCdr F.M. Graves, RN) and the British tug Empire Roger and landed at Portsmouth, where one crew member died of injuries in a hospital
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 66.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of George Leonard and Elizabeth Bottle; nephew of Kate Smith, of Fulham, London. Born South Africa in 1926. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45