Individual Details
Lt Antony Wilfrid Noel DAYRELL DSC, RN
(28 Dec 1913 - 17 Jan 1941)
Events
| Birth | 28 Dec 1913 | London | |||
| Miscellaneous | 18 Mar 1935 | gained his Aviators' Certificate - Portsmouth Aero Club, Portsmouth |  | ||
| Occupation | 18 Mar 1935 | Sub. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | |||
| Residence (family) | From Abt 1938 to Abt 1941 | Holloways Farm, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - Julia Massey MACKINNON | |||
| Marriage | 1938 | Amersham Registration District, Buckinghamshire - Julia Massey MACKINNON | |||
| Miscellaneous | 11 Jul 1938 | arrived - the Port of London | | ||
| Occupation | 11 Jul 1938 | Lieutenant in the Royal Navy | |||
| Death | 17 Jan 1941 | killed by enemy action at sea | | ||
| Probate | 25 Nov 1941 | Llandudno | |
Families
| Spouse | Julia Massey MACKINNON (1913 - 1941) |
| Child | William Paul DAYRELL (1939 - 1941) |
| Father | Maj Wilfred Stuart DAYRELL DSO (1882 - 1928) |
| Mother | Dorothy Lois GREEN-ARMYTAGE (1880 - 1934) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
The aircraft was a De Haveland Gypsy Moth II 120 h.p.Miscellaneous
He sailed from Takubar, Papua New Guinea on the SS Patroclus of the Blue Funnel Line. He travelled 1st Class.Death
On 17 Jan 1941 the SS Almeda Star (Blue Star Line Ltd, London) was sailing from London to Trinidad and Buenos Aires. About 35 miles northeast of Rockall, at 07.45 hours, the German U-Boat U-96 fired one G7e torpedo at the ship which stopped after a hit amidships. As the ship did not sink after being hit in the stern and amidships by two coups de grâce at 08.05 and 09.07 hours, the U-boat surfaced to shell the ship. The Germans observed four lifeboats and still saw people on deck before opening fire from 09.32 to 09.48 hours, hitting with about 15 of 28 incendiary shells. Only small fires were started which soon went out, so another torpedo was fired at 09.55 hours. The torpedo hit the forepart and caused her to sink by the bow within three minutes in 58°40N/13°38W. Seven destroyers were ordered to search the area, but found no survivors.The master, 136 crew members, 29 gunners and 194 passengers were lost including Lt. Antony W N Dayrell, his wife Julia and his infant son William Paul.
The U-96 was sunk on 30 March, 1945 by US bombs in Wilhelmshaven.