Crew lost from the SS Avila Star


Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial Panel 12

ARMSTRONG, Steward, JOHN BOLTON, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942.

BENBOW, Shop Assistant, GLADYS MARY, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 36. Daughter of Arnold and Matilda Jane Benbow; niece of Mr. E. J. Allkins, of Mortlake, Surrey.

BRANDIE, Chief Refrigerator Engineer, WILLIAM, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 21st July 1942. Age 39.

BROWN, Cooks Boy, RICHARD, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 25th July 1942. Age 17. Son of Thomas and Annie Brown, of Everton, Liverpool.

CALLAWAY, Assistant Steward, ROBERT, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 30.

CAMPBELL, Quartermaster, JOHN, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 23.

CARTWRIGHT, Assistant Steward, JAMES, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 22nd July 1942. Age 27. Son of Samuel and Emily Cartwright, of South Lambeth, London. His brother, C.Q.M.S. Samuel Cartwright, died in the United Kingdom.

CONNOR, Steward's Boy, SYDNEY JAMES, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 20th July 1942. Age 17. Son of Sydney James Connor, and of Clara Connor, of Aigburth, Liverpool.

CUNNINGHAM, Fireman, HENRY, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 43. Husband of C. Cunningham, of Bootle, Lancashire.

CURRELL, Able Seaman, JAMES WALTER, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 28. Son of Ernest William and Kate Currell; husband of Maude Elizabeth Currell, of Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

DOWDALL, Donkeyman, HENRY, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 27. Son of Henry and Jane Dowdall, of Liverpool.

DUGGIN, Able Seaman, GEORGE, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 34. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Duggin; husband of May Beatrice Duggin, of Ilford, Essex.

EATON, Boy, JAMES, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 17.

FISHER, Master, JOHN, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 61. Son of John and Catherine Fisher; husband of Dorothy H. Fisher, of Ashingdon, Essex.

FITZSIMMONS, Fireman, JAMES, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 28. Husband of Margaret Fitzsimmons, of Orrell, Lancashire.

HARRISON, Assistant Steward, JOHN WALTER, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 19.

INGHAM, Assistant Steward, RONALD JAMES, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 19. Son of Peter and Harriet Ingham, of Liverpool.

JACKSON, Storekeeper, RICHARD H., S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 6th July 1942. Age 54.

MASSOUDA HABID JOSEPH, Fourth Engineer Officer, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 29.

MAULINI, Chief Cook, PIETRO, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 44. Son of Antonio and Giuseppina Maulini; husband of Margherita Angela Maulini, of Shirley, Southampton.

MONOD, Assistant Steward, ERNEST, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 21st July 1942. Age 31.
MOORHEAD, Fireman, JOHN JAMES, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 43.

McINDOE, Assistant Cook, DONALD, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 22nd July 1942. Age 21. Son of W. and Nellie McIndoe, of Litherland, Lancashire.

NORTH, Steward and Silverman, ARTHUR, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 55. Son of George William and Emma North; husband of Rosina Clara May North, of Southampton.

NORTON, Carpenter, RICHARD HENRY, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 24. Son of John James and Annie Elizabeth Norton, of Topsham, Devon.

OWEN, Junior Engineer Officer, JOHN RICHARD, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 20. Son of John and Mary Owen.

REID, Chief Officer, ROBERT, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 27. Son of Ch. Engr. Robert Reid, lost in S.S. Tuskar (Glasgow) 6th September, 1917, and Margaret Reid, of Glasgow.

ROACHE, Fireman, PATRICK JOHN, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Roache, of Liverpool.

ROWAN, Stewardess, MARY ELIZABETH, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 50. Daughter of Luke and Mary Rowan.

SHARKEY, Greaser, EDWARD, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 39. Son of Edward and Louisa Sharkey; husband of Margaret Sharkey, of Knotty Ash, Liverpool.

STANLEY, Steward, FREDERICK JOHN, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 22nd July 1942. Age 29. Husband of G. W. Stanley, of Liverpool.

TEANEY, Greaser, MONS, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 27. Son of Arthur and Margaret Teaney; husband of Bridget Teaney, of Bootle, Lancashire.

TIMMIS, Assistant Steward, WILFRED, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 17. Son of Edwin Samuel and Ethel Timmis, of Lupset, Yorkshire.

TURTON, Quartermaster, ROY, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 31. Son of Olga H. Helm, of Cleveleys, Lancashire.

VENNILS, Steward, SIDNEY, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 44. Son of Harry Vennils and of Helen Vennils (nee Price); nephew of Mrs. B. H. Price, of Streatham.

VINE, Boatswain's Mate, ERNEST LEONARD, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 27.

WALTON, Printer, FRANK JOSEPH, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 6th July 1942. Age 53.

WATTS, Cadet, CLYDE ALEXANDER, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 18. Son of Thomas Charles and Grace Brown Watts, of Kenton, Middlesex.

WESTON, Purser, HAROLD EDWARD PRICE, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 5th July 1942. Age 25. Son of Richard Henry and Elizabeth Kezia Weston, of Birkenhead.

Buried Lisbon (St. George) British Churchyard

CLARKE, Assistant Steward, WILLIAM BOROSTON, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 25th July 1942. Age 28. Son of William and Sophie Grace Clarke, of Liverpool; husband of Anne Clarke, of Tue Brook, Liverpool. Plot 1. Grave 33.

ELLIS, Donkeyman, CHARLES PETER, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1942. Age 52. Son of Charles and Mary Ann Ellis; husband of Rachel Mary Ellis, of Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire.  Plot J1. 2nd Row. Grave 28.

GIRDLER, Third Engineer, RAYMOND ERNEST, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 28th July 1942. Age 19. Son of Henry Ernest and Kate Lilian Girdler, of Battersea, London. Plot J1. Front Row. Grave 27.

 Buried Ponta Delgada British Protestant Churchyard

BLACK, Boy, DONALD, S.S. Avila Star (London). Merchant Navy. 17th July 1942. Age 17. Son of Duncan and Eliza Jane Black, of Walton, Liverpool. 

Information kindly supplied by Billy McGee (http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk)