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THE CREW

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Samuel Binns	Laurence Conlon	Douglas Elvidge	Harry Harding


Roderick McIlraith	Ronald Mowatt	Joseph Steele	Harold Urell	Thomas Wright

The survivors

Cyril Sydney, Esq...............Second Officier

Peter Kelly..........................Third Officer

Harold F. Rose....................Chief Engineer

L.G. Donald.........................Second Engineer

Alex Green...........................Fourth Engineer

George Greenhaulgh...........First Radio Officer

E.W. McKenzie....................Second Radio Officer

W. Bush................................Third Radio Officer

W. Haley..............................Able-Bodied Seaman

Harry Harding......................Sailor

Douglas Davidson................Seaman

Ronald Mowatt....................Sailor

G. Armstrong.......................Oiler

Hugh Bradford Bentley.......Ship Master

The deceased

The following names have been taken from the Empire Mica Tower Hill Memorial Panel 44

BARKER, Able Seaman, ERNEST MALCOLM, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 47. Son of Frederick and Maria Barker; husband of Evelyn Barker, of Liverpool.

CHARD, Carpenter, DOUGLAS HARRY, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 26. Son of William Harry and Martha Chard, of St. George, Bristol; husband of Patricia Chard, of St. Paul's, Bristol.

CLEGG, Fireman, JAMES, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 37. Son of Thomas and Francis Clegg.

CONLON, Assistant Cook, LAURENCE, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 17. Son of Lawrence and Elizabeth Conlon, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

CRAFT, Sailor, RUSSELL, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 18. Son of Clarence Samuel and Alice Myrtle Craft.

DAMSELL, Greaser, THOMAS WILLIAM HUGH, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Damsell, of Totterdown, Bristol.

DUNSTAN, Assistant Steward, EDWARD JAMES, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 19. Son of Elizabeth G. Fuller. of Falmouth, Cornwall.

EDWARDS, Fireman, ROY DONALD GEORGE, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 19. Son of George Cecil and Clara May Edwards, of Pilning, Gloucestershire.

ELVIDGE, Ordinary Seaman, DOUGLAS HAROLD, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 17. Son of Heber and Franzisca Elvidge, of Sea Mills, Gloucestershire.

HALE, Able Seaman, HARRY THOMAS, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 28.

HALL, Sailor, JOSEPH, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 26.

HAYWARD, Cabin Boy, FREDERICK RONALD, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 18. Son of John W. and Kathleen Nellie Hayward, of Shirehampton, Bristol.

HUDD, Pantry Boy, ARTHUR THOMAS ALFRED, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 16. Son of Frank and Edith Hudd, of Avonmouth, Gloucestershire.

KING, Greaser, MARTIN, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 58.

LOWE, Galley Boy, JAMES JOHN, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 16.

McILRAITH, Chief Officer, RODERICK, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 31. Son of John and Sarah McIlraith; husband of Isabella May McIlraith, of Manor Park, Essex.

OXENHAM, Storekeeper, HENRY THOMAS, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 42. Son of Robert and Eliza Oxenham; husband of Amy Oxenham.

PATERSON, Chief Steward, DAVID DONALD, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesborough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 43.

REID, Donkeyman, JOHN JAMES KIDD, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 29. (served as CLARK, JAMES). Husband of Marion Reid, of Glasgow.

RYAN, Fireman, CHARLES PHILIP, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 47.

SKERRETT, Able Seaman, GORDON STANLEY, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 37. Son of John and Margaret Skerrett.

SMITH, Assistant Steward, ANTHONY JOHN, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 18.

SMITH, Cook, FREDERICK, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 64.

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.

URELL, Fifth Engineer Officer, HAROLD JOSEPH, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 33. Son of William Wallis Urell, and of Eliza Urell, of Mutley, Plymouth; husband of Edith Louvan Urell.

VYSE, Boatswain, WILLIAM, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 49. Husband of Hannah Vyse, of North Shields, Northumberland.

WHITE, Fireman, JAMES, S.S. Empire Mica (Middlesbrough). Merchant Navy. 29th June 1942. Age 59

DEMS Gunners lost Empire Mica (Plymouth Naval Memorial)

O'NEILL, Leading Seaman, DENIS ALFRED, D/JX 200440. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. lost in S.S. Empire Mica. 29th June 1942. Age 24. Son of William O'Neill, and of Gertrude Elizabeth O'Neill, of Acton, Middlesex.

BINNS, Able Seaman, SAMUEL GEORGE, P/JX 333352. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Empire Mica) 29th June 1942. Age 33. Son of Arthur and Emma Binns; husband of Winifred Elsie Binns, of Hasland, Derbyshire.

GLEAVE, Able Seaman, CLIFFORD HENRY, P/JX 333340. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Empire Mica). 29th June 1942. Age 33. Son of Robert and Ann Elizabeth Gleave; husband of Kathleen Elvis Gleave, of Wyke, Bradford, Yorkshire.

WRIGHT, Able Seaman, THOMAS EDWARD, P/JX 210589. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Empire Mica). 29th June 1942. Age 30. Son of William James Wright and Sarah Wright; husband of Doris Emma Wright, of South Wigston, Leicestershire.

There seems to be two names missing from the list, these names I believe are:

SMITH, Lance Bombardier, KENNETH HERBERT, 4807082 6/3 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery.
who died on Monday 29 June 1942.

HOWE, Gunner, DAVID, 5118474, 5/3 Maritime Regt., Royal Artillery. 29 June 1942. Age 28. Son of David and Caroline Howe; husband of Violet Sarah Louisa Howe, of Chiswick, Middlesex.

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