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List of crew lost when SS Hartington was Torpedoed 1942
The Chapel of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum has a record of crew lost at sea. Ref WWW.thenma.co.uk)
The details recorded for the SS HARTlNGTON are summarized below:
SS Hartington; Dry Cargo, of London, Capt. M.J. Edwards. Owners J. & C. Harrison & Co. Ltd.
27th October 1942: Sailed from Halifax on passage to Belfast in Convoy SC 107 with 8,000ton grain and 6 tanks.
2nd November 1942: Torpedoed between No.1 & 2 holds and sunk by German submarines U 522 and U 438 in North Atlantic, 360m E by N Belle Island. 22 crew and two gunners lost. 23 survivors rescued by HMS WINCHELSEA and landed at St. Johns 13th November 1942. Crew lost were
|
Name |
Position |
Age |
Service |
|
ARKLEY, ROBERT |
4TH ENGINEER |
22 |
MN |
|
BREWSTER, .JACK |
CADET |
18 |
MN |
|
CHAPMAN, ALFRED HENRY |
ABLE SEAMAN |
36 |
RN |
|
CLEMENTS, OWEN WILLlAM |
CHIEF OFFICER |
37 |
MN |
|
DAVIES, BRYMOR EDGAR |
CADET |
18 |
MN |
|
DAWSON. ROBERT |
2ND ENGINEER |
30 |
MN |
|
DONKIN, LANCELOT |
GREASER |
52 |
MN |
|
GIBB, EDWIN GILCHRIST |
1ST RADIO OFFICER |
28 |
MN |
|
GRIFFITHS, GEORGE DAVID |
FIREMAN TRIMMER |
18 |
MN |
|
HARDING, HAROLD OSMOND |
CABIN Boy |
17 |
MN |
|
HOSE, MICHAEL TERENCE |
3RD OFFICER |
21 |
MN |
|
HUCKLE, WILLlAM ARTHUR |
ABLE SEAMAN |
39 |
MN |
|
LEASK, MAGNUS |
ABLE SEAMAN |
53 |
MN |
|
MACCOY. SEPTIMUS THOMAS LESLlE |
ASSISTANT STEWARD |
18 |
MN |
|
MACLEAN, DUNCAN |
FIREMAN TRIMMER |
49 |
MN |
|
MACRAE, JOHN |
CARPENTER |
60 |
MN |
|
MADORE, WALTER |
BOATSWAIN |
36 |
MN |
|
RAMM, OLIVER |
ABLE SEAMAN |
23 |
MN |
|
SAUNDERSON, JOHN |
3RD RADIO OFFICER |
18 |
MN |
|
SCARFE, JAMES HENRY |
ASSISTANT STEWARD |
24 |
MN |
|
SPENCER, GEORGE ALFRED |
ABLE SEAMAN |
32 |
MN |
|
THOMPSON, FREDERICK GEORGE |
COOK |
34 |
MN |
|
TYLER, ALFRED GEORGE |
FIREMAN TRIMMER |
20 |
MN |