Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Empire Crossbill

British steam merchant



Empire Crossbill under her former name West Amargosa. Photo from US National Archives #RG-32-S

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam merchant Empire Crossbill.

Aboard Empire Crossbill when hit on 11 Sep 1941

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAnderson, Gordon Todd, Merchant Navy18Third Radio OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBanks, Winsor, Merchant Navy31CookEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBergman, Ernest, Merchant Navy20Ordinary SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBiddle, James, Merchant Navy20Ordinary SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBolton, James Lewis, Merchant Navy28CarpenterEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBowman, Frederick Charles, Merchant Navy25Able SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBrackstone, Archibald, Merchant Navy26Able SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
BritishBroster, James, British Army28Gunner (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishCalder, Ian Stephenson, Merchant Navy24Second OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishCarroll, Sydney, Merchant Navy19SailorEmpire Crossbill +
BritishCastle, Ronald Victor, Merchant Navy22Fourth Engineer OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishCollinson, George Robert, Merchant Navy22Able SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
CanadianDavies, Emerson Clarke, Merchant Navy25Second Radio OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishDunn, Harold, Merchant Navy16Galley BoyEmpire Crossbill +
BritishDunn, John James, Merchant Navy55Water TenderEmpire Crossbill +
BritishForster, Thomas Lang, Merchant Navy23Supernumerary Fourth Engineer OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishFrancis, Leslie Louvain, RN27Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishGarlick, John, British Army21Gunner (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishGough, Edmund Albert, Merchant Navy20Assistant StewardEmpire Crossbill +
BritishGronhaug, Sigvard, Merchant Navy45GreaserEmpire Crossbill +
MalteseHeraghty, Reginald Sidney Colvin, Merchant Navy21Passenger (DBS)Empire Crossbill +
BritishHodgson, Reginald, Merchant Navy43Third Engineer OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishJack, Robert, British Army22Gunner (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishJeffreys, Herbert, Merchant Navy19Mess Room StewardEmpire Crossbill +
DanishJonnild, Martin Albert, Merchant Navy46Second Engineer OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishLiddle, George Henry, Merchant Navy20Fireman and TrimmerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishLinighan, Thomas, Merchant Navy17Deck BoyEmpire Crossbill +
CanadianMacDougall, Michael, Merchant Navy38Fireman and TrimmerEmpire Crossbill +
CanadianMacLeod, Fraser, Merchant Navy20Fireman and TrimmerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishMallon, Frederick Philip, Merchant Navy26First Radio OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishMcIntosh, George William, Merchant Navy49GreaserEmpire Crossbill +
BritishOliver, Henry Ronald, Merchant Navy30Chief OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishPearson, John Close, Merchant Navy35Boatswain (Bosun)Empire Crossbill +
BritishPeet, Peter, British Army21Gunner (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishPhillips, William Ward, British Army33Lance Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
CanadianPiercey, John, Merchant Navy18Fireman and TrimmerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishRenshaw, Clarence Stanley, Merchant Navy40Chief Engineer OfficerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishRoberts, James Leonard, Merchant Navy16Cabin BoyEmpire Crossbill +
BritishRoss, William Sidney, RN31Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishScholes, Frederick, British Army21Gunner (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishSexton, Charles William James, Merchant Navy46Chief StewardEmpire Crossbill +
IrishSmyth, Bernard, Merchant Navy47Fireman and TrimmerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishStevenson, Idris James, Merchant Navy20Ordinary SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
BritishTownend, Eric Robinson, Merchant Navy38MasterEmpire Crossbill +
BritishTwidale, James Wilkinson, Merchant Navy28Able SeamanEmpire Crossbill +
SwedishWidman, Hans, Merchant Navy23Fireman and TrimmerEmpire Crossbill +
BritishWilcox, Norman Herbert Charles, Merchant Navy23Assistant CookEmpire Crossbill +
BritishWilliams, Kenneth Eric, RN26Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Empire Crossbill +
BritishWilson, Edward Rochester, Merchant Navy58DonkeymanEmpire Crossbill +

49 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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