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235093 Ord. Sea. Douglas William Lord South African National Defence Force HMS Phoebe South African Naval Forces from:Durban, South Africa (d.23rd October 1942) Ordinary Seaman Douglas Lord was the son of H. V. and Maggie Lord of Durban, South Africa. He was 19 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo. On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.