BORN DENMARK 1887. WIFE ROSE MINNIE (ALEXANDER) ABOVE. SAILING ON A SHIP FROM GLASGOW. HULL HEROES WEBSITE.
EARL OF ELGIN SS was a 4,448grt defensively-armed British Merchant ship built in 1909 by Russell & Co., Port Glasgow, Yard No 593 for Marshall & Dobbie, Glasgow. In 1916 she was acquired by Anglo-American Oil Co., Glasgow. On the 7th December 1917 when on route from London for Dublin she was torpedoed by German submarine UC-75 and sunk when 10 miles W ½ S from Carnarvon Bay Light Vessel, England. 18 lives lost including Master. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12768
People on board SS EARL OF ELGIN123 1. BARHAM (58), Ship’s Cook, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Born at Norwich, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 2. BIRKLAND, FRED (35), Third Officer, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Born in Norway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 3. COUSINS, PERCY GEORGE (30), Leading Seaman (no. 5391B), SS Earl of Elgin, Royal Naval Reserve, †07/12/1917, Husband of Laura Kate Cousins, of Florence Cottages, Regent St., Rowhedge, Colchester, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial 4. DAVIES (28), Fireman, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Born in West Africa, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 5. JOHANSEN, BERNHARD SOFUS FREDERICK (30), Seaman, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Husband of Rose Minnie Eliza Alexander (formerly Johansen, nee Jennings), of 6, Salisbury Terrace, Nomabell St., Hull. Born in Denmark, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 6. KASNAMOTO (21), Fireman, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Born in Japan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 7. KIRKLAND, JAMES FREDERICK , Able Seaman (no. Bristol Z/5028), SS Earl of Elgin, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †07/12/1917, Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial 8. LATIF RAHMAN , Fireman, SS Earl of Elgin, Indian Merchant Service, †07/12/1917, Memorial: Bombay 1914-1918 Memorial, Mumbai 9. LESLIE, JAMES (63), Master, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Husband of Christina Leslie, of 49, Westbank Rd., Devonshire Park, Birkenhead, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 10. LILLIE, JOHN USHER (23), Fourth Engineer Officer, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Son of John William and the late Katherine Lillie, of 53, Brinkburn St., East Howdon, Willington Quay, Northumberland. Born at North Shields, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 11. NAKASMUDA (21), Fireman, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Born in Japan, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 12. NELSON, WILLIAM JOHN CHARLES (38), Second Engineer, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Son of Robert and Elizabeth Nelson; husband of Annie Nelson (nee McArthur) of 6 Lowther St., Belfast. Born at Bognor, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 13. PETERSEN, GABRIEL (60), Chief Steward, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Husband of the late Sarah Petersen (nee Woods). Born at Copenhagen; a British subject, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 14. ROBERTSON, WILLIAM JOHN , Seaman (no. 1298L), SS Earl of Elgin, Royal Naval Reserve, †07/12/1917, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial 15. SEEM (27), Seaman, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Born in Russia, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 16. WHITE, STANLEY THOMAS (15), Mess Room Steward, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Son of Edith Annie White (nee Sutton), of 72, Selsdon Rd., South Croydon, Surrey, and the late Thomas John White. Born at St. John’s Wood, London, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 17. WILLIAMS, JOHN CHARLES (25), Greaser, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, Husband of Rose Ellen Williams (nee Horscroft), of 77, Shakespeare Rd., Stoke Newington, London. Born at St. Vincent, British West Indies, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial 18. WILLOM, MARKS (19), Ordinary Seaman, SS Earl of Elgin, Mercantile Marine, †07/12/1917, (Served as WILLIAMS). Son of Sarah Willom (nee Scherby), of 15, Winthrop St., Brady St., Whitechapel, London, and the late Abraham Willom, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?12768
