Douglas Cliff
Service number
D/JX361448
Military unit
HM Submarine Stratagem Royal Navy
Address
18 Cromford Avenue, Mansfield, Notts
Date of birth
24 Mar 1924
Date of death
22 Nov 1944 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Worked for the Co-Op possibly at the dairy has his father was employed there in 1939.
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Only child of Alfred and Lucy Evelyn Cliff of 18 Cromford Avenue, Mansfield.
Military history
On 2nd November 1944 HM Submarine Stratgem was spotted after sinking a Japenese oil tanker off the Straits of Malacca. After being hit by depth charges she surfaced, was scuttled and the crew were captured. Of the 10 crew members who survived the sinking only 3 survived the war.
Extra information
Douglas left £196 18s 4d to his father in his will.
He is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, panel 88 col 3.
Photographs
No photos