In Memory Of

FOUCHE, LOUIS

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 S.S. Roumanie (Belgium)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1942-09-22
Cause of Death:
 At 13.58 hours on 24 September 1942 the unescorted Roumanie (Master Emile Morb?e), a straggler from convoy SC-100, was torpedoed and sunk by U-617 about 380 miles southwest of Iceland. The chief engineer Pierre Suykerbuyk was found on a raft and taken prisoner by the U-boat and landed at St. Nazaire on 7 October. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 88.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Ellen Fouche. Born Cape Town. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945