Chief Engineer Officer Alfred WELTON, S.S.Fort Lamy (Newport), Merchant Navy: 08/03/1943

Remembering Today

Casualty
Chief Engineer Officer WELTON, ALFRED
Died 08/03/1943
Aged 28
S.S. Fort Lamy (Newport)
Merchant Navy
Son of Alfred and Jane Welton; husband of Daisy May Welton, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire.
Commemorated at TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Location: London, United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 36089
Cemetery/memorial reference: Panel 50.


Tower Hill Memorial from my photo collection.

 

UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953
Name: Alfred Welton
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1915
Birth Place: Grimsby, England
Death Date: 8 Mar 1943
Death Place: At Sea
Spouse: Daisy


UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947
Name: Alfred Welton
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1915
Death Date: 8 Mar 1943
Cemetery: The Tower Hill Memorial Part Xvi Wan-Zul
Burial Country: England
Father: Alfred Welton
Mother: Jane Welton
Region or Memorial: Memorial Register

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Named on family grave in Cleethorpes Cemetery

 

Fort Lamy - straggler from Convoy SC-121, sunk by U-527 southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland.
Fort Lamy (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
Fort Lamy
British Steam merchant

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Name Fort Lamy
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 5,242 tons
Completed 1919 - Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Owner John Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff
Homeport London
Date of attack 8 Mar 1943 Nationality: British

Fate Sunk by U-527 (Herbert Uhlig)
Position 58° 30'N, 31° 00'W - Grid AK 2841
Complement 51 (46 dead and 5 survivors).
Convoy SC-121 (straggler)
Route Philadelphia - New York (23 Feb) - Liverpool
Cargo 6333 tons general cargo, explosives and a landing craft as deck cargo
History Launched as British War Peacock, completed August 1919 as Portfield for Portfield SS Co (W.E. Hinde & Co), Cardiff; 1929 renamed French Fort Lamy for Co Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis, Paris.
July 1940 seized by Britain at Falmouth and transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT)
Notes on event
At 18.23 hours on 8 March 1943 the Fort Lamy (Master William Evans), a straggler from convoy SC-121, was torpedoed and sunk by U-527 southeast of Cape Farewell. The HMS LCT-2480 on board was lost with the vessel. The master, 39 crew members and six gunners died. Three crew members and two gunners were picked up after 12 days by the HMS Vervain (K 190) (Lt H.P. Crail) and landed at St.Johns, Newfoundland.

Fort Lamy
British steam merchant

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam merchant Fort Lamy.

Aboard Fort Lamy when hit on 8 Mar 1943
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Name Age Rank Served on

Allen, William Leslie, Merchant Navy 34 Second Officer Fort Lamy +

Barley, Kenneth, Merchant Navy 33 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Barrand, John Douglas, Merchant Navy 26 Carpenter Fort Lamy +

Baxter, Sydney Wray, Merchant Navy 22 Third Officer Fort Lamy +

Black, Cecil, Merchant Navy 27 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Brooks, Ronald, Merchant Navy 25 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Chesney, Hugh, Merchant Navy 32 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Clark, George, Merchant Navy 17 Assistant Steward Fort Lamy +

Cowan, David, Merchant Navy 43 First Radio Officer Fort Lamy +

Crosbie, John, Merchant Navy 41 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Dafinos, Constantinos, Merchant Navy 48 Boatswain (Bosun) Fort Lamy +

Duffy, Hugh, Merchant Navy 44 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Durkin, James Patrick, Merchant Navy 24 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Evans, William, Merchant Navy 54 Master Fort Lamy +

Gibson, William, Merchant Navy 25 Fireman Fort Lamy +

Greer, Alexander, Merchant Navy 20 Assistant Cook Fort Lamy +

Hanvey, Edward Brendan, Merchant Navy 24 Second Radio Officer Fort Lamy +

Harkness, David, Merchant Navy 40 Donkeyman Fort Lamy +

Harvey, David George, Merchant Navy 19 Third Radio Officer Fort Lamy +

Hines, Mathew, Merchant Navy 41 Donkeyman Fort Lamy +

Holmes, Alfred Henry, Merchant Navy 53 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Johnson, Eric, RN 20 Able Seaman (DEMS gunner) Fort Lamy +

Kelsey, Thomas Alfred, British Army 32 Gunner (DEMS gunner) Fort Lamy +

Kendrick, Horace, RM
Sergeant (DEMS gunner) Fort Lamy +

Logan, John Alfred, Merchant Navy 30 Third Engineer Officer Fort Lamy +

Magnus, William, RN 22 Able Seaman (DEMS gunner) Fort Lamy +

McCready, William James, Merchant Navy 42 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

McDonald, Henry, Merchant Navy 36 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

McWha, Arthur, Merchant Navy 34 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Messer, Charles Alexander, British Army 27 Bombardier (DEMS gunner) Fort Lamy +

Millbank, Frank Harvey, Merchant Navy
Fourth Engineer Officer Fort Lamy

Morrow, Andrew, Merchant Navy 51 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Murtagh, Michael, Merchant Navy 46 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Newman, Thomas Cecil, Merchant Navy 20 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Nicholl, Thomas, Merchant Navy 21 Ordinary Seaman Fort Lamy +

Pettican, Charles William, Merchant Navy 50 Able Seaman Fort Lamy +

Purves, John, Merchant Navy 39 Second Engineer Officer Fort Lamy +

Ryley, Eric Fred, Merchant Navy 29 Assistant Steward Fort Lamy +

Sharpe, Fred, Merchant Navy 35 Chief Cook Fort Lamy +

Shaw, Herbert Arnold, Merchant Navy 36 Donkeyman Fort Lamy +

Spink, Robert Henry, Merchant Navy 31 Chief Officer Fort Lamy +

Swaine, James, Merchant Navy 43 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Tucker, Ernest Henry, Merchant Navy 29 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Ward, James, Merchant Navy 40 Fireman and Trimmer Fort Lamy +

Weller, Harry, Merchant Navy 36 Chief Steward Fort Lamy +

Welton, Alfred, Merchant Navy 28 Chief Engineer Officer Fort Lamy +

Williamson, John William, British Army 26 Gunner (DEMS gunner) Fort Lamy +

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1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
65 Bradford Avenue, Cleethorpes M.B., Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey)
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Alfred Welton 03 Feb 1883 Disabled Soldier
Jane Welton 09 Dec 1892 Unpaid Domestic Duties
Kenneth Welton 23 Jul 1918 ???

Kenneth's original 'occupation' entry has been crossed out:



only to be replaced with what looks like the same details:




Marriages Jun 1941
Welton, Alfred - Bills - Grimsby - 7a 2074
Bills, Daisy M - Welton - Grimsby - 7a 2074

Bride and Widow to be:
1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
3 Eastwood Avenue , Grimsby C.B., Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey)
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
John R Cope 15 Nov 1855 House & Ships Plumber Maste
Elsie Frost-Cole 30 Nov 1897 Private Means
Eileen E P Rycroft 20 May 1910 Private Means
Daisy M Welton (Bills) 23 May 1916 Domestic Servant