Second Mate, S.S. Thames, Mercantile Marine, 14/08/1917, (Served as MACDONALD). Son of the late Samuel and Charlotte Wright; husband of Honor Wright (nee Feeney), of 10, Villiers St. Sunderland and above address. Born in Ireland, 1876.
Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Thames SS was a British Steam Coaster of 403 tons built in 1910 by Goole SB. & Repg. Co., Ltd., Goole for Dale Coasters, Ltd. (Lythgoe, Amundsen & Co.), Hull (Newcastle). She was listed as missing on the 14th August 1917 when carrying a cargo of pig iron from Middleborough to Fecamp. She was sunk by german submarine UC-63 by gunfire and lost with all 10 hands.
First name:
SAMUEL
Regiment:
Rank:
2nd Mate
Date Died
14/08/1917
Place died:
Sea
Age:
42
