Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Empire Attendant

British steam merchant



Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart.

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

Aboard Empire Attendant when hit on 15 Jul 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishBarcas, William Henry, Merchant Navy26GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishBeaton, Thomas, Merchant Navy28Third OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishBowles, George, Merchant Navy19Able SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishBowley, Charles, RN25Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Empire Attendant +
BritishBradley, Thomas, Merchant Navy16Cabin BoyEmpire Attendant +
BritishBrown, James, Merchant Navy28Chief Engineer OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishBurns, William Henry, Merchant Navy18SailorEmpire Attendant +
BritishCairns, James Malcolm, Merchant Navy20CookEmpire Attendant +
BritishCarr, John Benedict, Merchant Navy20StewardEmpire Attendant +
BritishCatney, Lawrence Patrick, Merchant Navy19Ordinary SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishClarke, William, Merchant Navy25Able SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishCrawford, Daniel, Merchant Navy27GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishDalton, John, Merchant Navy25Third Engineer Officer (Senior)Empire Attendant +
BritishDavidson, James Limond, Merchant Navy35Third Radio OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishDilworth, Charles, Merchant Navy34GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishDowney, Richard, British Army37GunnerEmpire Attendant +
BritishEmmerson, Robert Hector, Merchant Navy33DonkeymanEmpire Attendant +
BritishFoster, John Halifax, Merchant Navy24Second OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishGale, William Arthur, RN25Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Empire Attendant +
BritishGibson, Patrick Joseph, Merchant Navy30SailorEmpire Attendant +
BritishGrady, Charles, Merchant Navy18Assistant StewardEmpire Attendant +
BritishGrundy, Thomas, Merchant Navy43MasterEmpire Attendant +
BritishHarvey, Jack, British Army35GunnerEmpire Attendant +
BritishHawkes, John Harold, Merchant Navy38CookEmpire Attendant +
BritishHouston, Frederick, Merchant Navy33GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishHouston, Thomas, Merchant Navy20Fifth Engineer Officer (Senior)Empire Attendant +
BritishHuxley, Edward Joseph, Merchant Navy21GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishJohnstone, Thomas, Merchant Navy21Fifth Engineer OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishKelly, Edward, Merchant Navy29Able SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishKennedy, John Joseph, Merchant Navy32Able SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishLaw, Johnston, Merchant Navy21SailorEmpire Attendant +
BritishLeonard, James, Merchant Navy20Third Engineer OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishLindsay, John, Merchant Navy44GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishLynch, Thomas, Merchant Navy24Fourth Engineer Officer (Senior)Empire Attendant +
BritishMalcolmson, William Cecil, Merchant Navy21Second Radio OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishMcDowell, William, Merchant Navy25ElectricianEmpire Attendant +
BritishMcKeown, Patrick Joseph, Merchant Navy48Able SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishMcVeigh, Hugh, Merchant Navy25Boatswain (Bosun)Empire Attendant +
BritishMinnis, John, Merchant Navy58StorekeeperEmpire Attendant +
BritishOliver, James Ernest, British Army32GunnerEmpire Attendant +
BritishPace, Sidney Gordon, Merchant Navy25GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishPage, Walter, RN27Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Empire Attendant +
BritishPalmer, William Boyd, Merchant Navy22CarpenterEmpire Attendant +
BritishProsser, William James Ettrick, Merchant Navy29Chief OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishQuate, William James, Merchant Navy17Mess Room BoyEmpire Attendant +
BritishReid, Hugh, Merchant Navy24SailorEmpire Attendant +
BritishRicketts, Harold Frank, British ArmyGunnerEmpire Attendant +
BritishRiddle, Stanley Hunter, Merchant Navy37Second Engineer OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishRitchie, Robert William, Merchant Navy22Fourth Engineer OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishRoach, Albert Edward, British ArmyGunnerEmpire Attendant +
BritishRobinson, Henry, Merchant Navy21First ElectricianEmpire Attendant +
BritishSearcey, Horace, British Army34Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Empire Attendant +
BritishTaylor, Dugald McDougal Wirral, Merchant Navy33Second Engineer Officer (Senior)Empire Attendant +
BritishVeevers, Percy James, Merchant Navy23GreaserEmpire Attendant +
BritishWade, William Robert, Merchant Navy18Ordinary SeamanEmpire Attendant +
BritishWard, Charles William, Merchant Navy53DonkeymanEmpire Attendant +
BritishWilson, George Joy, Merchant Navy42First Radio OfficerEmpire Attendant +
BritishWinstanley, Thomas, Merchant Navy19Galley BoyEmpire Attendant +
BritishYallop, Frederick Edward, Merchant Navy35Chief StewardEmpire Attendant +

59 persons found.

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

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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