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For your information I have this
record of my Great Uncle:
Next of Kin: Son of Fredrick James
Archer Crawford and Ethel Crawford
Rank: 2nd Refrigerator Engineer
Number: unknown
Served With: M.V. Nottingham,
Merchant Navy
Force: Merchant Navy
Date of Death: 07 November 1941
Place of Death: North Atlantic
about 550 miles South-East of Cape Farewell
Historical Information: Cargo ship
Nottingham, 8,532grt, (Federal SN Co. Ltd had been sailing
independently on her maiden voyage from Glasgow to Australia via
New York with a general cargo. On the 7th November 1941 the ship
was intercepted by U-74, one of 14 U-boats of the "Raubritter"
patrol group. and sunk by torpedo in position 53' 24N 31' 51W. No
distress call was ever sent and it is not known if the crew had
time to launch any lifeboats. The Captain, Francis C. Petty OBE
DSC, all 55 crew and her 6 DEMCemetery/Memorial: Tower Hill
Memorial, London, UK
Memorial Ref: Panel 74
Location Details: Tower Hill
Memorial in London
Information Source: Billy McGee M.N.
1980-1992
Dormanstown/Redcar Branch MNA
List of Crew:
BAIN, Second Engineer Officer,
LIONEL, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 38. Son of Alexander and Marie Bain, of Huntly,
Aberdeenshire.
BARBER, Greaser, FREDERICK GEORGE,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
25. Son of Samuel John and Susan A. Barber, of Plaistow, Essex.
BOLTON, Able Seaman, DONALD JAMES,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
20.
BULLOCK, Third Engineer Officer,
JAMES MONTAGUE, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 53.
COCKERILL, Chief Officer, HARRY
KINGSLEY, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 37. Son of Henry Robert and Ethel M. Cockerill; husband
of Mary Kathleen Cockerill, of Beverley Glen, West Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A.
CONLIN, Greaser, BERNARD, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 32.
COOPER, Master, ARTHUR ALGERNON,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
46. Son of Algernon and Florence Emily Vaughan Cooper; husband of
Ida Mary Cooper, of Lancing, Sussex.
CRAWFORD, Second Refrigerator
Engineer, CHARLES, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 20. Son of Frederick J. A. and Ethel Crawford,
of St. Just in Penwith, Cornwall
CROSS, Steward, ARTHUR EDWARD, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 48. Son
of George Henry and Annie Elizabeth Cross; husband of May
Elizabeth Cross, of Bexleyheath, Kent.
DANCE, First Radio Officer, JEFFREY
HEWISON, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 26.
DAY, Electrician, ARTHUR ERNEST,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
20. Son of Mrs. M. Day, of Dagenham, Essex.
FAKE, Able Seaman, DOUGLAS CHARLES,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
21. Son of Albert Charles and Amy Cecelia Fake
FALLONE, Fifth Engineer Officer,
ERNEST, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 30.
FERGUSON, Chief Engineer Officer,
DOUGLAS, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 52. Son of George and Margaret Ferguson; husband of
Ethel Ferguson, of South Woodford, Essex.
FLETCHER, Second Radio Officer,
JOSEPH, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 24. Son of Joseph and Margaret Fletcher, of Liverpool.
FOWLER, Greaser, FRANK HENRY
GEORGE, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 23. Son of Edwin Charles Daniel and Gertrude Beatrice
Fowler.
GALBRAITH, Chief Refrigerator
Engineer, PHILIP, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 39.
GREEN, Assistant Steward, HUBERT
ALFRED, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 30. Son of Alfred and Mary A. Green, of Green Street
Green, Farnborough, Kent.
GREEN, Deck Boy, HAROLD JAMES, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 17. Son
of James and Winnifred Irene Rose Green, of East Ham, Essex.
GREGORY, Greaser, WILLIAM, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 29.
HANLON, Third Officer, JAMES
MICHAEL, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 26. Son of James and Florence Emily Hanlon, of Sutton,
Surrey.
HARDY, Ordinary Seaman, THOMAS
FREDERICK, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 21.
HATTON, Ordinary Seaman, WILLIAM
ARTHUR, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 18. Son of Charles and Emily Johanna Hatton, of Forest
Gate, Essex.
HAYDON, Able Seaman, HERBERT JAMES,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
35.
HEATH, Able Seaman, FREDERICK
NOLAN, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941.
Age 25. Son of Charles Henry and Florence Amy Mary Heath; husband
of Magdeline Catherine Heath, of Peckham, London.
HOSFORD, Greaser, HENRY W., M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 36. Son
of Eliza Hosford, of Stratford, Essex
JONES, Assistant Steward, WILFRED
EDWARD, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 21.
KIMBER, Able Seaman, HAROLD
WILLIAM, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 21. Son of Violet Kimber, of Thornton Heath, Croydon,
Surrey.
LETCHFORD, Steward, WILLIAM, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 24. Son
of William George and Lillian Letchford; husband of R. F.
Letchford, of Upper Holloway, London.
LONG, Greaser, EDWARD JOHN, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 26. Son
of William John and Mary Long, of Plaistow, Essex.
LOTHIAN, Galley Boy, GEORGE, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 17. Son
of Thomas and Mary J. Lothian.
MALCOLM, Fourth Engineer Officer,
THOMAS, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 31.
METHERELL, Boatswain, WILLIAM
CHARLES, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 50.
MITCHELL, Ordinary Seaman, FRANK
LESLIE, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 18. Son of Harold Frederick and Lilian Alice Mitchell,
of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
MORGAN, Carpenter, WILLIAM, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 37.
Husband of Elizabeth Morgan, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern
Ireland.
McKENZIE, First Electrician,
WILLIAM BRUCE, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 27. Son of William and Christina McKenzie, of
Edinburgh.
O'KEEFFE, Assistant Steward,
MAURICE BRIAN, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 18. Son of Maurice and Lillian O'Keeffe, of
Canning Town, Essex.
PARRISH, Greaser, LESLIE EDWARD,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
32. Son of Edith Eleanor Parrish, of Manor Park, Essex.
PATERSON, Second Officer, JAMES
IAN, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941.
Age 24. Son of Capt. James Paterson, M.C., Scots Guards, and of
Jessie Paterson, of Edinburgh.
PENDLETON, Engineer Officer
(Seventh), WILLIAM MACKEY, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant
Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 21. Son of William and Lilian Eleanor
Pendleton, of Liverpool.
PIERETTI, Baker, LAURENCE GEORGE,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
25.
PRETTY, Master, FRANCIS CECIL, O B
E, D S C, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 51. Son of Edward and Helen Jane Pretty; husband of Myra
Hoggett Pretty, of West Tarring, Sussex.
PRIOR, Fourth Officer, KIM WOOLMER
BLAKE, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941.
Age 23. Son of Dudley Blake Prior and Gill Blake Prior; husband of
Agnes Cowan Prior, of Victoria, London.
RICHES, Ordinary Seaman, FREDERICK,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
32. Son of Frederick and Rosina Riches; husband of Joan Riches, of
Hornsey, Middlesex.
ROWLANDS, Able Seaman, ROBERT
LEWIS, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941.
Age 22. Son of Deck Hand Robert Rowlands, Naval Auxillery
Personnel (M.N), died on active service 22 July, 1940, and Ellen
Rowlands, of Holyhead, Anglesey.
SAVILL, Ordinary Seaman, CHARLES
JOHN, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941.
Age 19.
SHALTZ, Assistant Cook, HENRY
WILLIAM, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 20. Son of Alice Ada Shaltz, of Plaistow, Essex.
SIMPSON, Steward's Boy, GEORGE, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 16. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simpson, of Dumfries.
SINCLAIR, Engineer Officer (Sixth),
JOHN ROSE THORNTON, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 27. Son of Robert and Frances Mary Sinclair, of
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Joan Sinclair
(nee Gravers), of Roslyn, Otago, New Zealand.
SMITH, Greaser, WILLIAM CHARLES,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age
26. Husband of Ann Smith, of Forest Gate, Essex.
SOMERS, Able Seaman, EDWARD, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 35. Son
of Patrick and Margaret Somers; husband of Josephine Anne Somers,
of Bristol.
STEVENS, Sailor, HENRY JOSEPH
LAWRENCE, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 25. Son of Henry RIchard Sansora Stevens and Mary Ann
May Stevens, of West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
TODD, Third Radio Officer, STANLEY
WILLIAM, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November
1941. Age 21. Son of James Stanley Todd and Rose Pauline Todd, of
Southwater, Sussex.
TREE, Storekeeper, ALEXANDER FRANK,
M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 39
TYRE, Junior Engineer Officer,
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.V. Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th
November 1941. Age 27. Son of James and Mary Campbell Tyre.
WILLIAMS, Chief Cook, HARRY EDWARD, M.V.
Nottingham (London). Merchant Navy. 7th November 1941. Age 30. Son
of James and Ellen Williams; husband of Ida F. Williams, of
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