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Scott Lyon Richman D.S.M. | |||
| Rank: | Ch.Petty Off | Number: | C/JX 130103 |
| Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | Royal Navy | ||
| Name of Rgt or Ship: | H.M. Submarine Tigris | ||
| Died: | 10/03/1943 | Age: | 32 |
| How Died: | Killed at Sea | ||
| Country of burial: | U.K. | Grave Photo: | Yes |
| Cemetery or Memorial: | Chatham Naval Memorial | ||
| Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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CPO Richman & Mrs. Richman moved to Timperley from the South of England just at the outbreak of war. Mentioned in Despatches in September 1941. H.M. Submarine "Tigris" was reported as overdue on the 10th March, lost in the Gulf of Naples. His 10 year old son Ernest, the eldest of his five children, received his father's postumous D.S.M. HMS Tigris (Lt.Cdr. George Robson Colvin, DSC, RN) left Malta on 18 February 1943 to patrol SW of Naples. She failed to return to Algiers on 10 March 1943 and was declared overdue on that date. Tigris was most likely sunk on 27 February by the German submarine chaser UJ-2210 6 nautical miles south-east of Isola di Capri, Italy. | |||
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