Leading Cook Seaman Henry Soady, LT/JX 197364
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- Unit - Royal Naval Patrol Service- HM Trawler Lady Shirley
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- Date of Birth -
- Died - 11/12/1941
- Age - 27
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ContributeSource: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Henry was the son of Joseph and Mary Soady and the husband of Margaret O. Soady, of Lubenham.
He was part of the crew of the anti-submarine trawler, Lady Shirley, which sunk off the Gibraltar coast after being torpedoed by U-374. All 33 crew members were lost with their ship.
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Market Harborough Advertiser 6/12/1946:
Roll of Honour
Soady Henry- In ever loving memory of a beloved husband and father who was killed on active service at sea December 11th 1941- Margie, Joan and Bobby
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Submitted by B. Hakewill, 2019
- Conflict - World War II
- Place of death - Near Gibraltar
- Burial Place - Lowestoft Naval Memorial. Panel 7 Col 2
- Other Memorials - Lubenham - WW2
- Memorial - LUBENHAM MEM., LEICS
