Cargo ship Llandilo, 4,966grt (E.T. Radcliffe & Co.) had loaded a cargo of military stores in New York and stopped off in Trinidad. After leaving Trinidad sailing independently her final destination was for Bombay via Saldanha Bay & Durban. On the 2nd November 1942 South-East of St Helena the ship was intercepted by U-172 and sunk in position 27' 03S 03' 08W. The Captain, 20 crew and 3 Royal Navy DEMS gunners were lost. 17 crew and 3 gunners were rescued by the Norwegian ship Olaf Bergh and landed in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Casualties:

BURGESS, Master, WILLIAM REDVERS BADEN, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 42. Husband of Bessie Burgess, of Cardiff.

CURTIS, Cabin Boy, RONALD WILLIAM, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 18. Son of Alfred Paul and Phyllis Curtis, of Forest Gate, Essex.

DUTTON, Able Seaman, HERBERT SAMUEL, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 57.

DYER, Chief Engineer Officer, HUGH, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 44. Son of George Frederick and Olive Louisa Dyer; stepson of Mrs. E. A. Dyer, of Cardiff.

HAMILTON, Third Engineer Officer, ROBERT CULLEN, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 30. Son of Robert and Margaret Hamilton, of Glasgow.

HOW, Apprentice, GEOFFREY ARTHUR JAMES, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 18.

HUDSON, Chief Officer, HARRY WILLIAM, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 41. Son of Harry and Amy Ethel Hudson.

JONES, First Radio Officer, GRIFFITH SELYF, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 27. Son of William Griffith Jones and Margaret Anne Jones; husband of Gwyneth Ellen Jones, of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire.

JONES, Steward, GLYN THOMAS, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 34.

JONES, Apprentice, WALTER EDWARD PRYCE, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 19. Son of Reginald Thomas Pryce Jones, and of Violet Edith Pryce Jones, of Port Talbot, Glamorgan.

KEARNS, Fireman and Trimmer, JOHN, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 48.

LANE, Sailor, ALBERT WILLIAM, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 23.

LITSON, Able Seaman, ALBERT EDWARD, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 39. Son of Charles and Marion Litson; husband of Mary Marjorie Litson, of Lynton, Devon.

MINSHALL, Fourth Engineer Officer, FREDERICK WILLIAM, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 28. Husband of Iris Hilda Minshall, of Corringham, Essex.

MOYSE, Boatswain, ARTHUR SIDNEY GEORGE, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 24.

PERRY, Second Radio Officer, STANLEY, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 30. Son of Roderick and Martha Annie Perry, of Leytonstone, Essex.

REILLY, Greaser, PATRICK PETER, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 29. Husband of Ellen Reilly, of Victoria Docks, London.

WARREN, Fireman and Trimmer, ALFRED THOMAS, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 38. Husband of Matilda Warren, of Canning Town, London.

WATLER, Third Officer, JAMES LADNER, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 26. Son of Joseph R. and Blanche Lee Watler, of George Town, Grand Cayman, British West Indies.

WELHAM, Fireman and Trimmer, JOHN, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 31.

WILLIS, Fireman and Trimmer, ROGER JAMES, S.S. Llandilo (London). Merchant Navy. 2nd November 1942. Age 26.

DEMS Gunners

CRAGG, Able Seaman, RONALD FREDERICK, 66488. H.M.S. President III. South African Naval Forces. lost in S.S. Llandilo. 2nd November 1942. Age 23. Son of Marshall and Louisa J. Cragg, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Hilda L. Cragg, of Vincent, East London.

LAHEY, Leading Seaman, MICHAEL, P/JX 177885. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Llandilo). 2nd November 1942. Age 23. Son of Michael and Mary Jane Lahey; husband of Adelaide Lahey, of Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent.

RICE, Leading Seaman, WALTER SYDNEY, P/J 237194. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Llandilo). 2nd November 1942. Age 29. Son of George and Edith Rice; husband of Lillian Rice, of Deptford, London.