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Lt. Alexander John St.Clair Goldie
Royal Navy Reserve Paymaster HMS Forfar
from:Glasgow
Alex Goldie was my uncle, he was one of the three officers who survived the sinking of HMS Forfar. In 1941 Alex was promoted to Lieutenant Commander coincidentally, the same year the Commander of U99 who sunk Forfar was captured.
Alex went on to serve on HMS Searcher and survived the war. He married an American girl and lived the rest of his life in New York working as a purchasing agent.