In Memory Of

BAGSHAWE-SMITH, SYDNEY QUENTIN

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1914-03-04
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 Emily Bagshawe-Smith, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Frances Margerite Bagshawe-Smith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Born East London. Commemorated on East London WWII Memorial, Eastern Cape. His brother, A.B. Philip Raymond Bagshawe-Smith, perished with him.