Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Somme

British steam merchant



Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection

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

Aboard Somme when hit on 18 Feb 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAlderson, Frederick Ivor Jack, Merchant Navy20Third Radio OfficerSomme +
BritishAllinger, Eric, Merchant Navy25Able SeamanSomme +
BritishAnson, Edward Ernest, RN31Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishArrowsmith, George Alfred, British Army22Gunner (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishBailey, Thomas, Merchant Navy53Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishBennett, Abraham Alphonso, Merchant Navy36Second Cook and BakerSomme +
BritishBowden, Charles, Merchant Navy51CarpenterSomme +
BritishBowie, John Ronald, Merchant Navy32Second OfficerSomme +
BritishBoyd, Bert Robert, Merchant Navy20SailorSomme +
New ZealandBrew, John, Merchant Navy30Able SeamanSomme +
BritishBrooks, Stephen Pratt, Merchant Navy36Able SeamanSomme +
BritishBurke, James, Merchant Navy49Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishByfield, Ferrel Gladstone, Merchant Navy35TrimmerSomme +
BritishCoker, John Fitz Davis, Merchant Navy25TrimmerSomme +
BritishCoulson, George, RN24Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishCoupland, Dennis Frank, British Army19Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishCox, Stanley, Merchant Navy16Steward’s BoySomme +
BritishDeason, Charles Gordon, Merchant Navy25SailorSomme +
BritishDocherty, Peter, British Army22Gunner (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishDuff, George Riddell Simpson, RN29Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishEllis, Edward Peter, Merchant Navy18ApprenticeSomme +
BritishFletcher, John William Arnold, British Army35Gunner (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishGregory, Cecil, Merchant Navy53Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishHaynes, Thomas William, British Army31Gunner (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishHill, Henry Arthur, Merchant Navy26Assistant StewardSomme +
BritishHolland, Frank Alfred, Merchant Navy24Master’s ClerkSomme +
BritishHowell, Albert Edward Ernest, Merchant Navy36Boatswain (Bosun)Somme +
BritishHyde, William, British Army31Gunner (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishJacks, William Henry, Merchant Navy40Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishJames, David Burton Hinckley, Merchant Navy21Third OfficerSomme +
BritishJeatt, Douglas John Westmacott, Merchant Navy49Second Engineer OfficerSomme +
BritishJohnson, Lionel, Merchant Navy43Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishJoseph, Hubert, Merchant Navy46GreaserSomme +
BritishKarram, Albert Thomas, Merchant Navy29Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishKeech, Edgar William Thomas, Merchant Navy49Able SeamanSomme +
BritishKerry, Arthur, RN21Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Somme +
BritishKing, Archibald Ruthven, Merchant Navy29GreaserSomme +
BritishLow, Cecil Stanley, Merchant Navy21Second Radio OfficerSomme +
BritishLynch, Henry, Merchant Navy19TrimmerSomme +
BritishLynch, Walter, Merchant Navy50Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishMcCabe, Charles Begley, Merchant Navy26Fourth Engineer OfficerSomme +
BritishOwen, Robert Goronwy, Merchant Navy44Chief OfficerSomme +
BritishPage, Charles Alfred, Merchant Navy23Able SeamanSomme +
BritishPage, Eric, Merchant Navy20SailorSomme +
BritishPhilip, Joseph Thomas, Merchant Navy25Third Engineer OfficerSomme +
BritishPile, Fitzgerald, Merchant Navy47Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishPitter, Charles, Merchant Navy30Fireman and TrimmerSomme +
BritishPooke, Anthony, Merchant Navy17Assistant StewardSomme +
BritishProsser, Clarence Cornish, Merchant Navy47MasterSomme +
BritishRobinson, James, Merchant Navy46GreaserSomme +
BritishSutcliffe, John, Merchant Navy23Able SeamanSomme +
BritishThomas, Arthur, Merchant Navy30Chief CookSomme +
BritishTill, William Charles, Merchant Navy42First Radio OfficerSomme +
BritishToft, Ronald F., Merchant Navy17Steward’s BoySomme +
BritishTrant, Clifford, Merchant Navy18ApprenticeSomme +
BritishWalker, Richard, Merchant Navy20TrimmerSomme +
BritishWhitlock, William, Merchant Navy45Chief StewardSomme +
BritishWillis, William, Merchant Navy59Chief Engineer OfficerSomme +

58 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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