Eleanor Jane YOUNG
- Extended Description
- Eleanor Jane YOUNG. Sister 274629 QAIMNSR
Born 1916 to William John and Emma Jane Young, nee Moughtin at Cockermouth, Cumberland
Killed at sea on the 12th February 1944 age 27 whilst on the SS Khedive Ismail. The ship departed on the 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8. It was attacked and sunk by two torpedoes fired from a B1 type Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean, 1,297 perished.
Commemorated on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial.
Wills and Admin, Ancestry.
Eleanor Jane Young of the Appletree Hotel, Cockermouth, Cumberland died on date stated. Her effects went to her father, hotel manager.
Commemorated on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial.
