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Master John Henry Reardon “Harry” Smith
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Master John Henry Reardon “Harry” Smith

Birth
Newport, Wales
Death
20 Mar 1943 (aged 56–57)
At Sea
Cenotaph
London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England Add to Map
Plot
- SS "Fort Mumford"
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Captain, Master der SS "Fort Mumford"

Vleggeert Nico 01/04/2010:
" 20 March 1943 Indian Ocean, 500 miles NW of Ceylon. ...
The I-27 torpedoes and sinks the FORT MUMFORD then enroute from Colombo to Aden. The Mumford´s crew abandons ship. Lt. Cdr Fukumura complies with the Imperial "disposal" policy concerning POWs and orders the slaughter of the FORT MUMFORD crewmen by machine-gun fire.
There is only one survivor (Horace Bailey), a defensive gunnery rating, later rescued by an Arab dhow."
Captain, Master der SS "Fort Mumford"

Vleggeert Nico 01/04/2010:
" 20 March 1943 Indian Ocean, 500 miles NW of Ceylon. ...
The I-27 torpedoes and sinks the FORT MUMFORD then enroute from Colombo to Aden. The Mumford´s crew abandons ship. Lt. Cdr Fukumura complies with the Imperial "disposal" policy concerning POWs and orders the slaughter of the FORT MUMFORD crewmen by machine-gun fire.
There is only one survivor (Horace Bailey), a defensive gunnery rating, later rescued by an Arab dhow."

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Merchant Navy - Panel 50 (11)
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?104100

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