Commander Douglas Hugh Tollemache (E)

Born: 1899
Pupil: 1911
Parents: Henry Gilbert and Mary Tollemache
Address: 1 Aspley Road, Wandsworth, London
School Details: "Our Record" No 56 VA 12/34
"Our Record" No 57 VI 5/18
Cricket Report: "he had a "day out" against Flinns Dye Works; otherwise he is a good bat who has been disappointing".
Upper school prize winner for Upper school Drawing.
"Our Record" No 59 1914 runner up in Tennis Championship.
1912 London University Certificate 3 class pass in English. 1
916 "Unplaced" in Matriculation Form.
Military Details: H.M.S. Bonaventure was sunk by the Italian Submarine Ambra (captained by C.C. Mario Arillo) while escorting convoy G.A.8 from Greece to Alexandria, south end of Crete. Of a crew of 530, only 310 survived.
Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial
Devon
Panel 44 Column 3.

HMS Bonaventure in October 1940

 

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