SMITH Harry

  • First Name(s):
    Harry 
  • Surname:
    SMITH
  • Service Number:
    PJX178198
  • Rank:

    Able Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Vortigern
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    15th March 1942
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Lowestoft (Normanston Drive) Cemetery, Suffolk, England, Section 25 Grave 516 North.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

SMITH Harry Is Named On These Memorials

Far Forest Holy Trinity Church
Rock War Memorial

Further Information About SMITH Harry

Pre 1939 Harry lived at The Chapel, Buckeridge, the son of William and Louise Smith (nee Price). He enlisted in 1939 at the age of 20 and was killed when the destroyer HMS Vortigern was sunk in the North Sea. Medals awarded:- 1939 – 45 Star, Atlantic Star, 1939 -1945 War Medal..

Source for additional information: Lest We Forget, The Parish of Rock Remembers by John Collett, 2006.

HMS Vortigern was escorting a coastal convoy when she was torpedoed and sunk off Cromer by the German E-boat S-104 on 15 March 1942. She sank with the loss of 110 lives, only 14 survivors were rescued.

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Credits: Researched by John Collett. HMS Vortigern information researched by Sandra Taylor.