SS CARLIER (Bel)

On November 11, 1943 in the Mediterranean, KMS.31 was attacked by fifty-six German Do-217, He-111 and Ju-88 aircraft.  SS Carlier, with general cargo including ammunition and explosives,  was hit by three bombs and two aerial torpedoes.  She sank in position 36.13N, 00.05W (46 miles NE of Oran).

Twenty crew members, one gunner and three passengers survived but forty-one crew members including the Master, seven gunners and nineteen passengers lost their lives. The crew members and gunners are commemorated in the grounds of Cenflumarin at Kallo , near Antwerp.

BALLESTER, Amer  Fireman-Trimmer 
BILBAO-ORLAVE Donkeyman 
BRUYNINCKX G.  Steward
BRUYNSEELS, Joseph, P 4th Officer
BUYCK, Pierre, P.  1st Officer 
COPPINS. Albert  Gunner
CRABBE. Jozef  Mess Room Steward
DE ZEEUW. Pieter 2nd Engineer 
DELANGE, Julien  Cadet
DOMHOFF. Louis  Mess room Steward 
ERNEMAN, Bernard, L  Carpenter
EVANS. William  Gunner
EVERDEPOEL, Joseph J.  Donkeyman 
FORMENT. Joules  Mess Room Steward 
FRANKIGNOUL, Fernard  Master 
GALAGHER. John  Gunner 
GANNER. Michael  Stoker/ Trimmer 
HAINSTOCK. Edmund  Cabin Boy
HARRIS Jeffry Galley Boy 
HAVENEERS. Andre  2nd Cook
HENDRIX, Marcel, J.  2nd Officer
HESLOP, Harold, B. 0rdinary Seaman
HUMIN. Joseph  1st Cook
JOHNSON. Thomas  Stoker /Trimmer 
JORGENSEN, Henri,E.   Chief Engineer
KLOOTE, Dirk   4th Engineer
LE DEM, Corentin  Baker 
MAGUIRE. Bernard Gunner
McKAY, David 3rd  , Wireless Operator
MICHIELSEN, Petrus  Able Seaman 
PARDAENS, Albert,C.   Fireman/ Trimmer
PERLAUX, Louis, A.  3rd Officer 
PIRONET, Francois, S.   Assistant Engineer
QUINTELIER, Henri, F.   Assistant Engineer
RESIDE, D. McKay   2nd Wireless Operator.
RICKINSON, Norman  Able Seaman. 
SAVAGE. Jack Gunner
SMITH, John, R,  Fireman/ Trimmer 
SOISCHIN, Jacques  Fireman/ Trimmer 
THOMPSON, Charles, C.  Able Seaman
TROUBLEYN. Karel Gunner
VAN HOUTTE, Basile  3rd Engineer 
VERRETH, Frans  Assistant Engineer 
WILKINSON. Edward Gunner
WILLIAMS, John Weston Able Seaman
WILLIAMS. Leslie Stoker/ Trimmer
WINTERBOTTOM. Ronald Assistant Steward
WORST, Corneel  Donkeyman 

Commemorative data kindly provided Mike Heslop

The name and commemoration of only one passenger is known, a Civil Engineer travelling for the Admiralty to Ceylon.

BARLOW, Robert Herrick , aged 23, of Flossville, Fforddisa, Prestatyn, commemorated on his parents' grave at St John's Church, Thornham, near Middleton, Lancashire.

Commemorative data kindly provided by Rosy Thacker.