Able SeamanHARLAND, ARTHUR Died 30/11/1941 Aged 21 S.S. Empire Newcomen (West Hartlepool) Merchant Navy Casualty Buried at SUNNYBROW (ST. JOHN) CHURCHYARD Location: Durham, United Kingdom Number of casualties: 5 Cemetery/memorial reference: Plot C. Row 397. Grave 125.
Son of George Harland and Eleanor B Pearsall 1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION 40 Appleton Crescent, Crook and Willington U.D., Durham NAME DOB OCCUPATION Eleanor B Harland 24 Aug 1893 Unpaid Domestic Duties (married) Jane Allport (Harland) 23 Mar 1921 Unpaid Domestic Duties Eleanor Watson (Harland) 17 May 1925 Unpaid Domestic Duties Sorry, this record is officially closed. Sorry, this record is officially closed Sorry, this record is officially closed Helena Hopper (Harland) 14 Jul 1934 At School Sorry, this record is officially closed George Harland 25 May 1916 Master Harrier Master (Society Article)
Empire Newcomen SS; Built in 1941 by W. Gray & Co. for the Ministry of War Transport; 2.873 tons; 315,5 x 46,5 x 23 ft; 269 nhp; triple expansion engines; The Empire Newcomen was on her way from London to Sunderland, when on November 30th, 1941, she was torpedoed and sunk by a German Torpedo Boat, five miles South of Dudgeon Light. Ten were killed. https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2813 Panel from Tower Hill from my collection attached
UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953 Name: Arthur Harland Age: 21 Birth Date: abt 1920 Birth Place: Willington, England Death Date: 30 Nov 1941 Father: George He almost made it TD
