Final Crew List (2)

The Final Crew List (1)

Below is the final crew list of Europeans (49) from the ss CITY OF CAIRO. The information is from the National Archives, Kew, London, from file BT381/1828. The numbers on the left of the table correspond to each seafarers position on the Articles of Agreement. Of the 51 seafarers who signed Articles, 2 left prior to the last voyage, 35 survived the sinking and 14 were lost. *1 crew member, third officer Whyte, was later lost on ss CITY OF PRETORIA while returning home as a DBS.

Please see the next page Lascars for the crew list of Asiatic seamen.

Final Crew List (Europeans) (49), ss CITY OF CAIRO, 1942
No	Name	Age	Position	Birthplace	Remarks
Survivors = 35 \| Casualties = 14
1	Rogerson W.A.	48	Master	Liverpool	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
2	Britt S.E.D.	41	Chief Officer	Bournemouth	Died in lifeboat
3	Boundy L.	43	Second Officer	Liverpool	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
4	Whyte J.A.	24	Third Officer	Erith	Deceased ss CITY OF PRETORIA 4/3/1943*
5	Stubbs W.	34	Fourth Officer	W. Hartlepool	Discharged at sea 6/11/1943
6	Peever H.	49	Chief Radio Officer	Birkenhead	Missing supposed drowned
7	Humphreys T.A.V.	25	Second Radio Officer	Aberaman	Died in lifeboat
8	Friel J.	16	Third Radio Officer	Glasgow	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
9	Campbell M.C.	47	Carpenter	Tiree	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
10	McKelvie R.C.	48	Quartermaster	Wexford	do
11	Ironside R.J.	29	Quartermaster	Paisley	Died in lifeboat
12	Campbell M.	41	Quartermaster	Glasgow	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
13	MacLean M.	20	Quartermaster	Isle of Barra	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
14	MacNeil P.	19	Quartermaster	Dumfries	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
15	MacDonald A.W.D.	29	Quartermaster	Errol	Prisoner of War
16	Faulds R.A.	59	Chief Engineer	Tilliecoultry	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
17	Gerner R.H.	42	Second Engineer	Blyth	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
18	Griffin W.B.	53	Third Engineer	Hull	12/7/42 Discharged at Cape Town
19	Broomby H.D.	22	Fourth Engineer	Liverpool	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
20	Pirrie W.T.	27	Fifth Engineer	Arbroath	Died in lifeboat
21	Noble D.D.	23	Sixth Engineer	Cruden Bay	Died in lifeboat
22	Mountain L.	21	Assistant Engineer	Newport	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
23	Dick D.	23	Assistant Engineer	Govan	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
24	Scott J.A.	32	Electrician	Bothwell	Discharged at sea
25	Stobbart F.	26	Engine Rm Storeman	Wallasey	Died in lifeboat
26	McQuone F.B.	49	Chief Steward/Purser	Derby	do
27	Williams C.N.	30	Second Steward	Liverpool	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
28	Edmead J.C.	37	Third Steward	Levershulme	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
Blank - not signed
30	Couch A.	64	Stewardess	Liverpool	Died in lifeboat
31	Quantrill D.	25	Surgeon	Litchfield	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
32	Edward W.A.	41	Deck Hand	London	D.E.M.S. - Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
33	Skinner D.	33	Deck Hand	Wick	D.E.M.S. - do
34	Morris J.V.	19	Deck Hand	West Derby	D.E.M.S. - do
35	MacLennan K.	28	Deck Hand	Aultbea	D.E.M.S. - do
36	Martin J.	18	Deck Hand	Stranraer	D.E.M.S. - do
37	Porterfield H.M.	20	Deck Hand	Clydebank	D.E.M.S. - do
38	Jones J.H.	34	Deck Hand	South Wales	D.E.M.S. - do
39	Kerr B.	30	Deck Hand	Glasgow	D.E.M.S. - do
40	Cockill A.	33	Deck Hand	Hull	D.E.M.S. - do
41	Murphy J.	26	Deck Hand	Dover	D.E.M.S. - do
42	Dyer J.	32	Assistant Steward	Rochdale	17/9/42, Bombay, to ss CITY OF LONDON
43	Morton G.	??	Steward	??	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
44	Dobson A.R.C.	48	Quartermaster	Middlesbrough	Died in lifeboat
45	Nuttall J.	28	Butcher	Liverpool	Died in lifeboat
46	McGregor W.	27	Supernumerary 3rd Eng	Leith	do
47	Barnes S.H.	45	Supernumerary 2nd Stewd	Hendon	do
48	Cullinane J.	27	Assistant Steward	Liverpool	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942
49	Codling L.T.	23	Barman	London	do
50	McKechnie C.	??	Baker	Helensburgh	do
51	Taggart A.	50	Stewardess	Montrose	Died in lifeboat
	Ritchie W.B.	19	Cadet	Aberdeen	Discharged at sea 6/11/1942

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