BORN ABERDEEN 1901. SON OF JOHN & ISABELLA LESLIE SIMPSON MUNDIE, OF ABERDEEN. HIS DEATH IS RECORDED IN THE HULL MERCHANT NAVY RECORDS.
SS Montebello, built by Earle’s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Hull in 1911 and owned at the time of her loss by Ellerman’s Wilson Line, Ltd., Hull, was a British steamer of 4324 tons.
On June 21st, 1918, Montebello, on a voyage from London to Hampton Roads, was sunk by the German submarine U-100 (Degenhart von Loë), 320 miles W1/2N from Ushant (Ouessant). 41 persons were lost.
MUNDIE, WILLIAM (17), Wireless Operator, SS Montebello, Mercantile Marine, 21/06/1918, Son of John and Isabella Leslie Simpson Mundie (nee Carle), of 40, King’s Crescent, Aberdeen, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
First name:
WILLIAM
Regiment:
Rank:
Wireless Operator
Date Died
21/06/1918
Place died:
Sea
Age:
17
