Crew

Binns
Conlon
Elvidge
Harding
McIlraith
Mowatt
Joseph Steele
Urell
Wright




Joseph Steele

Joseph Steele

1939-45 Star
Atlantic Star
War Medal 1939-45 & Oak Leaf Emblem
King's Commendation for Brave Conduct


STEELE, Third Engineer Officer, JOSEPH YOUNG, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 34. King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Son of Joseph Young Steele and Mary Steele; husband of Annie Weir Steele, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.




My Grandfather's name appears on the War Memorials in Tighnabruaich and Airdrie Scotland.

This photo was taken onboard an oil tanker leased to the Anglo American Oil Company, could it be the Empire Mica?