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City of Benares

British steam passenger ship



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 passenger ship City of Benares.

Aboard City of Benares when hit on 18 Sep 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
IndianAbdul Ghani, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Haq, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Khaliq, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Latif, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Majid, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Razaq, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Razaq, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianAbdul Subhan, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianAbdullah Ibrahim, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianAbdur Rahman Usman, , Merchant NavyCassabCity of Benares +
IndianAjm-Ud-Din, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianAla-Ud-Din Abdul, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianAlfonso, Jose, Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
IndianAli Sahib Qadir, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianAli Taj-Ud-Din, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianAllah, , Merchant NavyScullionCity of Benares +
BritishAllen, Patricia, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianAman Abdul Ghani, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
BritishArmes, Emily Eliza, Civilian65PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishArmes, Jane Prue, Civilian59PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishAsher, Hugh Hendry, Merchant Navy39Second OfficerCity of Benares +
IndianAziz, , Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
IndianAziz-Ur-Rahman, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianBabu, , Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
BritishBailey, Annie, Merchant Navy36Assistant StewardessCity of Benares +
BritishBaker, Robert, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianBakr-Ud-Din, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
BritishBaldwin-Webb, James, Civilian47Passenger (Colonel)City of Benares +
BritishBarrett, Kathleen Beatrice, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBarton, Florence, Civilian45PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBeesley, Edna Doreen, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBeesley, Phyllis Eileen, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBeesley, Vera Ellen D., Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianBhakua, , Merchant NavyScullionCity of Benares +
IndianBhickoo, Abbas, Merchant Navy22LascarCity of Benares +
BritishBlake, George W.H., Civilian44PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBrooker, Michael John, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBrown, Gertrude Helen, Civilian66PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishBuchanan, Marion Dick, Civilian21Passenger (Nurse)City of Benares +
BritishBulmer, Alice Mary, Civilian44PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishButlin, Enid Evelyn, Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCame, James Reginald, Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCame, Lewis Victor, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCampbell, Helen Robertson Miller, Civilian72PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCapel, Alan John, Civilian5PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCarr, Beryl Irene, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCarr, Cecil Frances Muriel, Civilian55PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCarr, Derek Stanley, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCharnock, Ernest, RN24Ordinary SignalmanCity of Benares +
BritishChase, Michael John, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishChase, Sheila Astrid, Civilian14PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishChoat, Frank Clifford, Civilian52PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishColeman, Gretchen, Civilian60PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCook, Christina Sharp, Merchant Navy52Chief StewardessCity of Benares +
BritishCooper, Ronald Mitchell, Merchant NavyFourth OfficerCity of Benares
BritishCornish, Mary Alice Clara, CivilianPassengerCity of Benares
BritishCrawford, George Geoffrey, Civilian14PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCrawley, Pauline Mary, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCrawley, Sheila Anne, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCroasdaile, Florence Alexandra, Civilian38PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCroasdaile, John Lawrence, Civilian2PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCroasdaile, Patricia Joan, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishCuthbertson, James, Merchant Navy21Sixth Engineer OfficerCity of Benares +
IndianD'Costa, Silvester, Merchant NavyCookCity of Benares +
BritishDadds, Vivian Cynthia, Civilian14PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianDarasat Ullah, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianDaud Balla, , Merchant NavyDonkeymanCity of Benares +
IndianDaud Muhammad, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
BritishDeane, Dorothy Wyatt, Civilian61PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishDeane, Maud Goringe, Civilian50PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianDhondy, Dr. Nadirshah Jamshedji, Civilian27PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishDixon, Maureen Margaret, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishFairhead, Barbara Ruth, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishFairweather, Alister, Merchant Navy40First Radio OfficerCity of Benares +
IndianFernandes, Manuel, Merchant NavyAssistant StewardCity of Benares +
IndianFernandes, Roque S., Merchant NavyScullionCity of Benares +
BritishFleetwood-Hesketh, Anne Dorothea, Civilian63PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishFletcher, Duncan, Merchant Navy67SurgeonCity of Benares +
BritishForster, Jean, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGalliard, Dorothy, Civilian15PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianGanpat Sakharam, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
BritishGemmell, James Alexander Walker, Merchant Navy24Fourth Engineer OfficerCity of Benares +
BritishGibbeson, John Cecil, Merchant Navy30Third Engineer OfficerCity of Benares +
BritishGilliat-Smith, Sybil Antonia Josepha, Civilian25PassengerCity of Benares +
CanadianGlover, Phyllis Elizabeth, Civilian37PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGolightly, William, Civilian66PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGoodfellow, Christopher Robin, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGoodfellow, Derek Charles, Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
PolishGralinski, Zygmunt, Civilian42PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGrierson, Ruby Isobel, Civilian36PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGrimmond, Augusta E., Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGrimmond, Constance J., Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGrimmond, Edward, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGrimmond, Leonard A., Civilian5PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishGrimmond, Violet C., Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
CanadianGroberman, Maurice, Civilian24PassengerCity of Benares +
GermanGuggenheim, Emma, Civilian59PassengerCity of Benares +
GermanGuggenheim, Hirsch Benjamin Heinrich, Civilian67PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHarrington, James Wilfred, Civilian7PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHarrington, Patricia Doreen, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHarris, Helen, Civilian45PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianHasan Khamis, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianHashim Ali, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
BritishHicks, Nellie, Civilian56PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHillman, Maud Gladys, Civilian44PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHillyard, Bruce John, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHillyard, Jeffrey, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHodgson, Tom, Civilian35PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHolmes, Terence Brian, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishHurwitz, William, Civilian46PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianHusain, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
IndianHusain Muhammad, , Merchant NavyTindalCity of Benares +
BritishHutchings, Edgar Robert, Civilian50PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianIbrahim Abdul Rahim, , Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
IndianIbrahim Balla, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
GermanIngersleben, Emmely Blanca von, Civilian41PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishIrving, Joan Anne Florence, Civilian15PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianIsmail Adam, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianIsmail Mansur, , Merchant NavyGreaserCity of Benares +
IndianIsmail Sultan, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianJafar Khan Haidar Khan, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianJamal Ahmad, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianJhani, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
GermanJungmann, Karl, Civilian40PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianKarim Ali, , Merchant NavyBhandaryCity of Benares +
BritishKeeley, Joyce Mary, Civilian6PassengerCity of Benares +
IranianKhosrovy, Faridun, Civilian27PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianKhotu Amin, , Merchant NavyGreaserCity of Benares +
CanadianKing, Rev. William Henry, Civilian28PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishLadyman, Margaret, Merchant Navy49NurseCity of Benares +
BritishLambert, Lilian, Civilian66PassengerCity of Benares +
HungarianLanyi, Jeno, Civilian38PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianLatif, , Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
CanadianLazarus, John S., Merchant NavyRadio OperatorCity of Benares +
BritishLeigh, Derek, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianLeitao, Piedade C., Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
SwissLeuenberger, Freda, Civilian42PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishLivingstone, Robert William, Merchant Navy42QuartermasterCity of Benares +
BritishLloyd, Margaret Eleanor, Civilian14PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishLloyd, Nesta, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishLunt, Garath, Merchant Navy20QuartermasterCity of Benares +
BritishMacFarquhar, William Smith, Civilian34PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMackinnon, Edmond Julius Gordon, RNR60Rear-Admiral (Commodore 2nd Class)City of Benares +
BritishMacrae, Donald, Merchant Navy27Fifth Engineer OfficerCity of Benares +
IndianMadaz Azad, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
BritishMansfield, Audrey, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMarriott, Harry, Civilian63PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMarshall, George, RNPetty Officer TelegraphistCity of Benares +
BritishMcLachlan, William, Merchant Navy56QuartermasterCity of Benares +
BritishMiller, Robin, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMitchell, John Colville, Merchant Navy19Sixth Engineer OfficerCity of Benares +
BritishMollard, Philip Langford, Civilian6PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMoon, William Robert, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMoss, Aileen Sybil, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMoss, Marion Audrey, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMoss, Rita Ann, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianMubarak Ali, , Merchant NavyBakerCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad, , Merchant NavyPantrymanCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Gulab, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Gulab, , Merchant NavyBarberCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Husain, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Ibrahim, , Merchant NavyPaniwallahCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Jafar, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Khan, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Shafi, , Merchant NavyBarberCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Shakir, , Merchant NavyBhandaryCity of Benares +
IndianMuhammad Sheikh Daud, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianMuhib, , Merchant NavyBhandaryCity of Benares +
BritishMuncey, Audrey, Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMurphy, Ailsa Burgess, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishMurphy, Francis Money Graham, Civilian37PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianMustand Mian, , Merchant NavyGreaserCity of Benares +
BritishMyatt, Beryl, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianNazir, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
IndianNazru Muhammad Nayki, , Merchant NavyPaniwallahCity of Benares +
BritishNicoll, Landles, Merchant Navy51MasterCity of Benares +
BritishNolan, Dorothy Sheila, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishNolan, Patricia, Civilian8PassengerCity of Benares +
GermanOlden, Ika, Civilian32PassengerCity of Benares +
GermanOlden, Rudolph, Civilian55PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianPalma, Benedic, Merchant NavyCookCity of Benares +
IndianPanchkori, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
IndianPanchu, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianPanna, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
BritishPemberton, John, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianPereira, Espexian, Merchant NavyButcher's MateCity of Benares +
BritishPine, Diana, Civilian6PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishPine, Eileen Emma Maud, Civilian31PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishPoole, Rodger James, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishPugh, Charles Horace, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishPugh, Donald James, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishPugh, John Albert, Civilian14PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishPurvis, George, Merchant NavyAssistant StewardCity of Benares
IndianRahim Bakhsh, , Merchant NavyButlerCity of Benares +
IndianRamaswami Chikappa, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
IndianRamaswami Ramchandra, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
IndianRangaswami Subramani, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
HungarianRaskai, Laszlo, Civilian39PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianRazaq Faqir, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
BritishRees, Anita Mary, Civilian14PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishRees, William Eric, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishRennie, Michael, Civilian23PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishRichardson, Edward Colin Ryder, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares
BritishRoberts, John, Merchant Navy60QuartermasterCity of Benares +
BritishRodda, Colenso Mackenzie, Civilian6PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianRoshan, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
BritishRyan, Annie, Merchant Navy32StewardessCity of Benares
BritishRyman, Layton George, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianShafi Ullah, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianSharif Sheikh Ismail, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianShaukat Ismail, , Merchant NavySerangCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Abbas Usman, , Merchant NavyTindalCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Adam, , Merchant NavyBhandaryCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Ahmad Bawa Sahib, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Ahmad Kamal-Ud-Din, , Merchant NavyGreaserCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Ali Ismail, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Ali Khotu, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Amjad, , Merchant NavyStewardCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Faqir Amin, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Hasan Dharmu, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Husain, , Merchant NavyWinchmanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Husain Sheikh Muhammad, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Ismail Sheikh Ahmad, , Merchant NavyGreaserCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Kalu, , Merchant NavyGeneral ServantCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Karim, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Labhu, , Merchant NavyPantry BoyCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Muhammad Jan, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Muhammad Sheikh Ibrahim, , Merchant NavyTrimmerCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Nur, , Merchant NavyPantrymanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Nur-Ud-Din Bapu, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianSheikh Usman, , Merchant NavyPaniwallahCity of Benares +
IndianSher Muhammad, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
BritishShort, Peter, Civilian5PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishSmith, Dorothy Winifred, Civilian26Passenger (Nurse)City of Benares +
BritishSmith, Edith, Civilian13PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishSmith, Irene, Civilian11PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishSmoolovitch, Henry, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianSoria, , Merchant NavyTopassCity of Benares +
BritishSpencer, James Thomas, Civilian5PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishSpencer, Joan Margaret, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishSpencer-Davies, John Onslow, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishSpencer-Davies, Rosemary Winifred, Civilian15PassengerCity of Benares +
GermanStern, Kurt Lowe, Civilian29PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishStewart, Janet Roberts Aitcheson, Civilian37PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianSulaiman, , Merchant NavyBoyCity of Benares +
IndianSulaiman Badr-Ud-Din, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
BritishSwales, James, Merchant Navy30ElectricianCity of Benares +
BritishSymon, Frank, Merchant Navy27StewardCity of Benares +
IndianTaimas Ullah Azam Ullah, , Merchant NavyGreaserCity of Benares +
BritishTaylor, Anthony Ralph, Civilian6PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishTaylor, June Margaret, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishTempleton, Robert, Merchant Navy29Able Seaman and QuartermasterCity of Benares
BritishThorne, Marion Winifred, Civilian7PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishUnwin, Betty, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
IndianUsman Baba, , Merchant NavySeamanCity of Benares +
IndianUsman Dhondu, , Merchant NavyFiremanCity of Benares +
BritishWallace, Agnes H., Merchant Navy25NurseCity of Benares +
BritishWalsh, Gordon, Civilian10PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishWatson, Ann Jordeson, Civilian6PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishWatson, Thomas William, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishWilde, Ethel Martha, Civilian70PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishWillis, Peter John, Civilian12PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishWilson, Bertha Sproull, Civilian36PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishWood, Dorothy Gertrude, Civilian9PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishZeal, B. Margaret, Civilian30PassengerCity of Benares +
BritishZoond, Bertha, Civilian63PassengerCity of Benares +

266 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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