Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Boston

British steam passenger ship



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 passenger ship Boston.

Aboard Boston when hit on 25 Sep 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAtkins, Joseph, Merchant Navy27FiremanBoston +
BritishBaker, Albert, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Boston +
IrishBanville, Vincent Joseph, Merchant Navy46GreaserBoston +
BritishBarnes, James Edward, Merchant Navy27FiremanBoston +
BritishBarron, John Lawrence Innes, RN23Convoy SignalmanBoston +
BritishBlair, Joseph Raymond, British Army23Gunner (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishBrown, James Worthy, Merchant Navy24SailorBoston +
BritishButcher, George Stephen, Merchant Navy32Able SeamanBoston +
IrishByrne, Michael, Merchant Navy32GreaserBoston +
BritishCole, Mansell Ernest, Merchant Navy29Chief StewardBoston +
BritishConnolly, Peter, Merchant Navy45FiremanBoston +
BritishCooper, Reginald F., Merchant Navy21Assistant StewardBoston +
BritishDavies, Edwin, Merchant Navy32FiremanBoston +
BritishDonaldson, William Andrew Millar, Merchant Navy23Second OfficerBoston +
BritishDufoy, James, British ArmyGunner (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishDunn, Ernest Roy, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Boston +
CanadianDyson, John William, Merchant Navy23FiremanBoston +
BritishEmery, Thomas, Merchant Navy59Chief Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishFlanagan, Albert, RNAble Seaman (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishGeary, James Albert Gordon, Merchant Navy43Second Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishGilchrist, Thomas, RN24Convoy Leading SignalmanBoston +
BritishGriffin, Christopher George, Merchant Navy27Assistant StewardBoston +
BritishHallam, Bert William, Merchant Navy52SailorBoston +
BritishHamwee, Joseph, Merchant Navy25Second Radio OfficerBoston +
BritishHarrop-Lomas, Charles Gordon, Merchant Navy17Third Radio OfficerBoston +
BritishHartley, Thomas William, Merchant Navy34Sixth Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishHiggins, Joseph A., Merchant Navy26Assistant StewardBoston +
BritishHolliday, John, Merchant Navy32Fifth Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishHope, Albert Joseph, British Army34Gunner (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishHowden, Walter, British Army24Gunner (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishJackson, Thomas, Merchant Navy30Fourth Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishJeffery, Sidney Ronald, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishJohnston, John, British Army35Lance Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Boston +
BritishJones, Edgar William, Merchant Navy42First Radio OfficerBoston +
BritishJones, Evan Thomas, Merchant Navy20Able SeamanBoston +
BritishJones, Richard Alun Hugh, Merchant Navy36Chief OfficerBoston +
BritishKimpton, Thomas P., Merchant Navy49SailorBoston +
BritishKinsella, Michael Patrick, Merchant Navy25FiremanBoston +
BritishLewis, Glyn Francis, Merchant Navy28Extra Third Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishLloyd, Herbert, Merchant Navy37FiremanBoston +
BritishLockie, Arnold, Merchant Navy20Third OfficerBoston +
BritishLowry, Samuel Charles, Merchant Navy40Able SeamanBoston +
BritishMacnab, Ian Roderick, Merchant Navy16Galley BoyBoston +
BritishMatson, James, Merchant Navy57DonkeymanBoston +
BritishMcAllan, James Nisbett, Merchant Navy16Assistant StewardBoston +
BritishMcDermott, James, Merchant Navy30FiremanBoston +
CanadianMcGrattan, James Philip, RCNVR23Convoy SignalmanBoston +
BritishMitchell, Albert, Merchant Navy21SailorBoston +
BritishMyerscough, Gerald Edward, Merchant Navy23Seventh Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishO'Loughlin, Dennis, Merchant Navy17Mess Room BoyBoston +
BritishOzard, D., Merchant NavyAble SeamanBoston
BritishParry, J.E., Merchant NavyCarpenterBoston
BritishPhilbin, Henry, Merchant Navy28FiremanBoston +
BritishReeves, John, Merchant Navy23Assistant Cook and BakerBoston +
BritishReid, W., Merchant NavyFiremanBoston +
BritishRoffey, George Leonard, RN20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Boston +
New ZealandSmith, Frederick George, Merchant Navy47Third Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishSouter, George Henry, Merchant Navy24CookBoston +
BritishStubbs, Melvin, Merchant Navy23Third Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishWaters, Sidney Charles, Merchant Navy29DonkeymanBoston +
BritishWeir, Robert John, Merchant Navy32Able SeamanBoston +
BritishWells, William, Merchant Navy33GreaserBoston +
BritishWheeler, Evan Emlyn, Merchant Navy39Fifth Engineer OfficerBoston +
BritishWhite, Thomas, Merchant Navy37FiremanBoston +
BritishWilson, William Richard, Merchant Navy32Able SeamanBoston +
BritishYoung, Robert Smith Cook, Merchant Navy42MasterBoston, HMS Veteran (D 72) +

66 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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