Merchant Navy Memorials To The Missing - Graves Found

With thanks to Temptage we now know that he was cremated at Edinburgh Warriston Crematorium. Duplicate civilian entry has been reported.

 

Fireman and TrimmerCLARKE, SIDNEY
Died 08/08/1941

Aged 25

S.S. Belgravian (Liverpool)
Merchant Navy

Commemoration Moved From Tower Hill Memorial to Greenock Cemetery. He will receive a special memorial headstone as it is not possible to mark his grave.

 

BoyCRICHTON, DOUGLAS STEWART
Died 07/07/1941

Aged 17

S.S. North Devon (Newcastle-on-Tyne)
Merchant Navy

Commemoration Moved From Tower Hill Memorial to Edinburgh Warriston Crematorium.

 

MasterBEDDINGTON, CLAUDE
Died 24/08/1940

Aged 72

M.V. Orca (Brixham).
Merchant Navy

formerly Lt. Col.
Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

Commemoration Moved From Tower Hill Memorial to Golders Green Crematorium.

 

UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953
Name: Claude Beddington
Age: 72
Birth Date: abt 1868
Birth Place: London, England
Death Date: 24 Aug 1940
Death Place: At Sea


I would assume he was killed during an air attack - see cause of death

Lieutenant Colonel Claude Beddington...

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920


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I have noticed that the duplicate listing for the civilian death is still on the CWGC site for Grimsby. His other listing has been altered to Edinburgh Crem.

 

That will take a little while to sort out

 

Fireman and TrimmerABDI AHMED
Died 17/02/1940

S.S. Baron Ailsa (Ardrossan)
Merchant Navy

SkipperCLARK, GEORGE WILLIAM
Died 29/01/1940

Aged 58

Fishing Vessel Rigoletto (Grimsby)
Fishing Fleet

MateDURRANT, WALTER BROWN
Died 29/01/1940

Aged 56

Fishing Vessel Rigoletto (Grimsby)
Fishing Fleet

Commemorations Moved From Tower Hill Memorial to Grimsby Scartho Road Cemetery. With thanks to Temptage for making this possible.

 

Chief OfficerRIDGE, JOHN ALFRED
Died 18/09/1944

Aged 46

S.S. Punta Gorda (London)
Merchant Navy

Husband of J. E. Ridge, of Fulking, Sussex.

Commemoration Moved From Tower Hill to Oranjestad Protestant Cemetery, Island of Aruba

 

Assistant Steward
GALE, JEROME
Died 14/10/1942

S.S. Caribou (St. John's, Newfoundland).
Canadian Merchant Navy

Port Aux Basques (St. James) Cemetery, Newfoundland.

At present listed on the Halifax Memorial. Whilst compiling 2 new non comm cases I found his name on the same burial register they were on.

 

FiremanTHOMAS, ARTHUR
Died 14/10/1942
Aged 37
S.S. Caribou (St. John's, Newfoundland).
Canadian Merchant Navy
Son of William Thomas and of Mary Thomas (nee White), of Port aux Basques, Newfoundland; husband of Margaret Thomas (nee Mead), of Hermitage Cove, Newfoundland.

Port Aux Basques (St. James) Cemetery, Newfoundland. at present listed on the Halifax Memorial.

 

Stewardess
FITZPATRICK, BRIDE
Died 14/10/1942

S.S. Caribou (St. John's, Newfoundland)
Canadian Merchant Navy

Bay Roberts Very Old RC Cemetery, Newfoundland. At present listed on the Halifax Memorial.

 

Captain Sydney Charles Tessyman Toder was in command of the British merchant ship La Pampa. In February 1941 he reported that his ship had probably been successful in ramming a U-Boat; he was disbelieved by the authorities. I have since located the logbook of the U-boat that he damaged. On May 28 he was landed at Three Rivers with an ulcerated stomach and hospitalised in Montreal. He died there and lies buried in the Cimetiere Mont-Royal, Outremont Montreal Quebec. He is commemorated in St Peter's Church in his home town of Heswall, Wirral. 'Unrecognised you put us in your debt.' - John Masefield.

 

Two of the three have had new CWGC headstones installed in the last week. Walter Brown Durrant already has a private headstone.

 

2nd Steward
FRENCH, M
Died 14/10/1942

Aged 36

S.S. Caribou (St. John's, Newfoundland).
Canadian Merchant Navy

Son of Richard and Annie French, of Bay Roberts, Newfoundland.

Bay Roberts United Church Cemetery.

At present listed on the Halifax Memorial his grave has been found at Bay Roberts United Church Cemetery, Newfoundland.

 

Malcolm French
Birth: Sep 1907 - Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Death: 14 Oct 1942 - Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
F: Richard French
M: Annie Parsons

Although another record database has a different christian name
Newfoundland, Canada, Census, 1935
Maxwell French

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From a family tree:
Citation Information
Transcript
Obituary - Malcolm French - One of the many homes bereft of a loved one through the sinking of the S.S. Caribou in Cabot Strait on Oct. 14th, is that of Mrs. Annie French of Bay Roberts East, where for those left behind in that home, the sunshine, as it were, has gone out. This terrible blow from the enemy has caused them to mourn the loss of a dutiful son and brother. // Malcolm, who has already been referred to in this paper, is the eldest son of Mrs. and the late Richard French of this town, and was one of the gallant crew to forfeit his life on the unforgettable morning of Wednesday, October 14th. // Max., as he was generally known, was 35 years of age and had been in the employ of the Newfoundland Railway for 15 years, having served on the S.S. Sagona and the S.S. Clyde, and was latter transferred to the S.S. Caribou, where he held the position of 2nd Steward until the time of the fatal trip. // Just before he left home for this last trip he was heard to say “If I do not go, someone must tak
Detail
October 31
Source Information
Title
The Bay Roberts Guardian - 1942
Repository Information
Name
Newfoundland Collection, A. C. Hunter Provincial Library, Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's, NL, Canada
Phone Number
709-737-2348

 

The casualty lists in Canadian newspapers from 17 October 1942 identifies him as Maxwell French, 2nd Steward, of Bay Roberts, Nfld.