ABBAS UMAR Rank: Fireman Date of Death: 27/03/1943 Age: 64 Regiment/Service: Indian Merchant Navy S.S. City of Guildford (Liverpool) Panel Reference: Memorial: BOMBAY / CHITTAGONG 1939-1945 WAR MEMORIALShttp://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2564420/
27 March 1943 Near Derna, the passenger - cargo liner City of Guildford Alexandria to Tripoli was sunk by U 593 with the loss of 127 people on board.
Further information: http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/2822.html Crew list: http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/crews/ship2822.html And a report by a witness (approx 2/3 down page, ctrl F, and search for Guildford) BBC - WW2 People's War - Memories of a Career at Sea