SS STENTOR

At about 22.30 hours on October 27, 1942, the Vice Commodore's vessel, SS Stentor was sailing to Liverpool with a cargo of West African Produce from Lagos together with one hundred and twenty-five passengers. Ninety-three crew members, seven gunners and one hundred and seven passengers were picked up by HMS Woodruff (for Milford Haven) of which one hundred survivors were taken off by HMS Ramsay and landed in Liverpool.  The master (William Williams), the Vice-Commodore (Capt Richard Hart Garstin), twenty crew members, three army personnel, four nurses and sixteen passengers lost their lives. Nineteen crew members are commemorated on Tower Hill, Panel 101

BALL , Stewardess, FLORENCE MAY, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 49.

BRENNAND , Deck Boy, THOMAS NICHOLSON, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 18.

CAVANAGH , Steward, EDWARD, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 39.

CHISHOLM , Surgeon, WILLIAM, A M, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 43. Son of Alexander and Mary Chisholm. M.B., Ch.B.; Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea.

DAVIDSON , Boatswain (Bosun), JOHN PAGE, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 49.

DENTON , Stewardess, FLORENCE, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 44. Daughter of Rose Fathers; wife of Frederick Denton, of Boston, Lincolnshire.

DICK , Chief Engineer Officer, DAVID AUCHINVOLE, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 48. Son of John Young Dick and of Mary Algy Dick (nee Dunn); husband of Janet Anderson Dick, of Netherlee, Glasgow.

FORSTER , Assistant Steward, ARTHUR, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 23. Son of Florence Forster, of Liverpool.

HEARN , Third Officer, CLAUD RISLEY, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 24.

HIGGINS , Assistant Steward, BERT, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 30. Son of E. Ann Higgins, and stepson of A. Sandbach, of Congleton, Cheshire.

HOLMES , Ordinary Seaman, JAMES WILLIAM, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 18.

JONES , Senior Electrician, DAVID ROGER, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 50. Son of John and Margaret Jones; husband of Florence Maud Jones, of Jarrow, Co. Durham.

JONES , Able Seaman, GEORGE FREDERICK, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 30. Son of James Samuel and Harriet T. Jones; husband of Clara Jones, of Dalston, London.

LEWIS , Third Officer, GEORGE DERMOTT, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Lewis, of Newtownbarry, Co. Wexford, Irish Republic.

PARTINGTON , Fourth Engineer Officer, HORACE, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 24. Son of Ben and Minnie Partington, of Stretford, Lancashire.

PLATT , Steward, ALBERT CLAUDE, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 27.

POPE , Chief Officer, ALEXANDER, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 41. Son of David and Margaret Pope; husband of Margaret M. Pope, of Glasgow.

POWELL , Steward, FRANK GEORGE, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 36.

WILLIAMS , Master, WILLIAM, M.V. Stentor (Liverpool). Merchant Navy. 27th October 1942. Age 47. Son of Pierce Samuel and Louisa Williams; husband of Margaret Williams, of Rhyd-Ddu, Caernarvonshire.

Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.