Identity
Person No.
2964
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Harry Alexander
Initials
H A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
55
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at 10.42 hours on 19 July 1941 the Holmside (Master Norman Caulfield), dispersed from convoy OG-67, was hit by three torpedoes from U-66 and sank within 15 minutes northeast of the Cape Verde Islands. During a first attack the ship had been missed with two stern and two bow torpedoes between 03.16 and 03.23 hours. 18 crew members and three gunners were lost. The master, 13 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Portuguese steam merchant Sete Cidades and landed at Lisbon on 1 August
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Additional Information
Notes
Son of Thomas and Mary Buglass (nee Alexander); husband of Lily Buglass, of South Shields, Co. Durham. Born Cape Town in 1886. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project