On Portsmouth Naval Memorial is the name of P/KX 119241 Stoker 2nd Class Eric Savory, serving on H.M.S. Cossack with the Royal Navy, who died  23/10/1941.

He was born in 1921, the son of Fred and Maria Jane Savory, of Ferryhill, Co. Durham.

At 00.30 hours on the 24th October 1941, U-563, commanded by Kapitnleutnant Klaus Heinrich Bargsten, fired one torpedo at a steamer in convoy HG-75 which seemed to hit after a running time of 4 minutes 44 seconds. Eight minutes later, a spread of two torpedoes was fired against a turning destroyer which missed, but detonations were heard behind. In fact, HMS Cossack (G 03) (Capt E.L. Berthon, DSO and Bar, DSC, RN) was struck by one torpedo forward of the bridge, when she was at the rear of convoy. The explosion blew off the bow section and destroyed most of the forward section, killing the commander. The survivors (29 of them wounded) on Carley floats were picked up by HMS Legion (F 74) (Cdr R.F. Jessel, RN) and HMS Carnation (K 00) (LtCdr G.W. Houchen, OBE, RNR). The next morning, some volunteers reboarded the wrecked ship and got the engines running. The tug HMS Thames arrived from Gibraltar and took the destroyer in tow, escorted by HMS Jonquil (K 68) (LtCdr R.E.H. Partington, RNR). On the 27th October, the weather worsened and prevented the salvage, so the tow was slipped and the corvette took off the skeleton crew. HMS Cossack (G 03) sank shortly afterwards in 3512N/0817W.>

Eric Savory is remembered at Chilton on C107.05, C107.06 and C107.12 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.