Crew of the SS British Yeoman
Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial Panel 21

ADAM, Third Engineer Officer, JAMES WALKER, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 32. Son of John and Agnes Emily Adam; husband of Annie Ellen Adam, of Glasgow.

ALLEN, Carpenter, FRANK, S.S. British Yeoman (London.). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 30. Son of John and Elizabeth Allen; husband of Elizabeth Allen, of South Stanley, Co. Durham.

ATTEWILL, Master, EDWARD PAUL SPENCER, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 42. Son of Arthur and Annie Attewill; husband of Nellie Attewill, of New Malden, Surrey

BARRASS, Fireman, SAMUEL, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 48. Husband of Agnes Elizabeth Barrass, of North Shields, Northumberland.

BIRD, Donkeyman, JOHN OATES, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 39. Son of Thomas and Eleanor Bird; husband of Isabella Agnes Bird, of Horsley Hill, South Shields, Co. Durham.

BLACKLOCK, Sailor, BENSON LECK, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 21. Son of Archibald Dowey Blacklock and Elizabeth Blacklock, of North Shields, Northumberland.

BRUNTON, Sailor, WILLIAM EDWARD, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 22. Son of William and Margaret Brunton, of Chirton, North Shields, Northumberland.

CHAPMAN, Second Radio Officer, WALTER CHARLES HENRY, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 20. Son of Henry and Alicia Chapman, of Armagh, Northern Ireland.

COLLINS, Fireman, NATHANIEL, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 60. Son of Samuel and Annie Collins; husband of Patrica Collins, of North Shields, Northumberland.

COLLINS, Able Seaman, ROBERT, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 24. Son of Nathaniel Collins, and of Alice Collins, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

CURRY, Cook, JAMES WILLIAM, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 31. Son of James William and Catherine Curry; husband of Margaret Curry, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

DANIEL, Cabin Boy, LAWRENCE, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 17. Son of Lawrence and Florence Daniel, of Leeds, Yorkshire.

DAVIDSON, Junior Engineer Officer, ALAN GEORGE, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 42. Husband of Jane Davidson, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

FALCONER, Ordinary Seaman, ROBERT, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 20. Son of Chief Officer William Falconer, and of Elizabeth Manners Falconer, of North Shields, Northumberland.

FERRIE, Steward, DANIEL PETER, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 21. Son of Daniel and Mary Ferrie.

GILROY, Able Seaman, FREDERICK LEIGHTON, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 26.

HARRISON, Able Seaman, GEORGE DALTON, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 30. Son of William Harrison, and of Hannah M. Harrison, of South Shields, Co. Durham.

HAY, Greaser, LEONARD, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 30. Son of Margaret Ann Taylor Hay; nephew of Frances Mary Redpath Eklund, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.

HENDERSON, Deck Boy, NORMAN, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 18. Son of Robert and Dorothy Henderson, of Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northumberland.

HINDLE, Cabin Boy, WILLIAM EDWARD, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 17.

JENNINGS, Greaser, ANTHONY, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 36. Son of Edward and Mary Ann Jennings; husband of J. Jennings, of North Shields, Northumberland.

JONES, Chief Officer, FREDERICK ELLIS, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 33. Son of John Wynne Jones and Florence Lavinia Jones, of Willesden Green, Middlesex.

KARLSSON, Boatswain, FRITZ GUNNAR, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 49.

LANGSTAFF, Ordinary Seaman, CECIL DESMOND, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 17. Son of William Frederick Leonard and Edith Ethel Dorothy Langstaff, of Catford, London.

MASON, First Radio Officer, CHARLES POWELL, D S C, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 42. Son of Charles Edward and Eliza Mason.

MILLER, Third Officer, THOMAS ROBERT, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 20. Son of Thomas Robert and Mabel Eliza Miller, of Willerby, Yorkshire.

McINTOSH, Steward, ROWLAND, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 33.

NESBIT, Cabin Boy, JOHN JAMES, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 17. Son of John James Nesbit and Mary Jane Nesbit, of Whitley Bay, Northumberland.

PARKER, Apprentice, PETER, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 17

PEART, Assistant Steward, WILLIAM FREDERICK, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 18. Son of Sarah Jane Peart, of North Shields, Northumberland.

SEAL, Cook, JAMES ALFRED, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 25. Son of John Robert and Esther Seal; husband of Elizabeth Seal, of Tynemouth, Northumberland.

SURREY, Sailor, CHARLES, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 24.

TAYLOR, Fireman, ALBERT, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 57.

VERT, Greaser, GEORGE HENRY, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 37. Son of George and Mary Vert.

WRITHMAN, Ordinary Seaman, CHARLES, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 17.

WYNESS, Apprentice, WILLIAM HARKINS, S.S. British Yeoman (London). Merchant Navy. 14th July 1942. Age 20. Son of James McKenzie Wyness and Elizabeth Mary Harkins Wyness, of Aberdeen. His brother, Capt. James Harkins McKenzie Wyness, M.C., R.A., died in the United Kingdom.

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