A tribute to the British Merchant Navy - they also served!
Merchant Navy Day is held annually on September 3rd
The Ship's Cabin Plan
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them"
Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
Photos (1)
Here are some more photos. If you have any that you would like to add please get in touch. I do have photos on all of the other pages on the site and I hope you find them of interest.
The Simms Family,
Mary [left] with Esther,
Eileen Simms [centre] with Lisa, David [right]
Esther, Mary, Lisa, David (2011)
4th Officer W.Stubbs and Dr. D.Quantrill
D.E.M.S. R.N. Gunner
Kennie MacLennan
6 July 1941
D.E.M.S. R.N. Gunner
Hugh M. Porterfield
Courtesy of Laura Porterfield
Photo of Kennie MacLennan by William McRobbie and courtesy of Ann Roots. Photo of ss CITY OF CAIRO [below] from author's file.
ss CITY OF CAIRO wearing the colours of Bucknall Line.
3rd engineer, Horace D. Broomby.
Photo courtesy, Julia Carr
W. Ferdinand Dieckhaus & son Ferdinand.
Courtesy of Peter Dieckhaus
[Peter] Ferdinand Dieckhaus 2018.
Courtesy of Peter Dieckhaus
W.Ferdinand Dieckhaus & Avis Dieckhaus.
Courtesy of Peter Dieckhaus
Quartermaster
Robert Ironside.
Courtesy of Denis Ironside
Capt. Thomas D. McCall
as a Cadet 1915 - 1918.
Courtesy of Tom Miller-McCall
John Tagg (centre), Dolly (left) & Joan (right) Kingston Ontario 1941.
Courtesy of Joan Dodsworth Ware
A. Donald Miller
Dr. Marjorie Miller
A. Donald Miller
The photos above kindly supplied by Margaret Bird niece of A. Donald Miller.
Left - Robert (Tiny) Watts
Robert (Tiny) Watts.
Courtesy of Ralph Barker
Robert and Ivy Watts
I am grateful to Rebecca Deacon for the above photos of her grandfather who died in No.1 Lifeboat.
Ship's butcher John Nuttall Lost at sea 14/11/1942.
Courtesy of Irene Powell
2nd Engineer Bob Gerner.
Courtesy of Sarah Quantrill
Asst Engineer David Dick.
Courtesy of Will McArthur
William C. Solomon.
Lost at sea 4.12.1942.
Courtesy of Janet Broomhall
Roland Dodds at St. Helena.
Courtesy of Lesley Tulloch
Purser Francis B. McQuone.
Lost at sea 18.11.1942.
Courtesy of Carol Compton
Robert Skea
William Stubbs
Stills of Robert Skea and William Stubbs courtesy of Peter Williams Television.
2nd officer John Tagg.
Photo courtesy, Professor John Tagg
William and Mona Rooksby.
Courtesy of Peter Williams Televison
Robert Ironside.
Courtesy of Denis Ironside