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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

You can click on any of the names for possible additional information

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Abdul Ghani, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdul Haq, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdul Khaliq, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdul Latif, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdul Majid, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdul Razaq, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdul Razaq, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Abdul Subhan, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Abdullah Ibrahim, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Abdur Rahman Usman, , Merchant Navy		Cassab	City of Benares +
		Ajm-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Ala-Ud-Din Abdul, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Alfonso, Jose, Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Ali Sahib Qadir, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Ali Taj-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Allah, , Merchant Navy		Scullion	City of Benares +
		Allen, Patricia, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Aman Abdul Ghani, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Armes, Emily Eliza, Civilian	65	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Armes, Jane Prue, Civilian	59	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Asher, Hugh Hendry, Merchant Navy	39	Second Officer	City of Benares +
		Aziz, , Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Aziz-Ur-Rahman, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Babu, , Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Bailey, Annie, Merchant Navy	36	Assistant Stewardess	City of Benares +
		Baker, Robert, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Bakr-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Baldwin-Webb, James, Civilian	47	Passenger (Colonel)	City of Benares +
		Barrett, Kathleen Beatrice, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Barton, Florence, Civilian	45	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Beesley, Edna Doreen, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Beesley, Phyllis Eileen, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Beesley, Vera Ellen D., Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Bhakua, , Merchant Navy		Scullion	City of Benares +
		Bhickoo, Abbas, Merchant Navy	22	Lascar	City of Benares +
		Blake, George W.H., Civilian	44	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Brooker, Michael John, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Brown, Gertrude Helen, Civilian	66	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Buchanan, Marion Dick, Civilian	21	Passenger (Nurse)	City of Benares +
		Bulmer, Alice Mary, Civilian	44	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Butlin, Enid Evelyn, Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Came, James Reginald, Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Came, Lewis Victor, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Campbell, Helen Robertson Miller, Civilian	72	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Capel, Alan John, Civilian	5	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Carr, Beryl Irene, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Carr, Cecil Frances Muriel, Civilian	55	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Carr, Derek Stanley, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Charnock, Ernest, RN	24	Ordinary Signalman	City of Benares +
		Chase, Michael John, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Chase, Sheila Astrid, Civilian	14	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Choat, Frank Clifford, Civilian	52	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Coleman, Gretchen, Civilian	60	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Cook, Christina Sharp, Merchant Navy	52	Chief Stewardess	City of Benares +
		Cooper, Ronald Mitchell, Merchant Navy		Fourth Officer	City of Benares
		Cornish, Mary Alice Clara, Civilian		Passenger	City of Benares
		Crawford, George Geoffrey, Civilian	14	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Crawley, Pauline Mary, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Crawley, Sheila Anne, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Croasdaile, Florence Alexandra, Civilian	38	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Croasdaile, John Lawrence, Civilian	2	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Croasdaile, Patricia Joan, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Cuthbertson, James, Merchant Navy	21	Sixth Engineer Officer	City of Benares +
		D'Costa, Silvester, Merchant Navy		Cook	City of Benares +
		Dadds, Vivian Cynthia, Civilian	14	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Darasat Ullah, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Daud Balla, , Merchant Navy		Donkeyman	City of Benares +
		Daud Muhammad, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Deane, Dorothy Wyatt, Civilian	61	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Deane, Maud Goringe, Civilian	50	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Dhondy, Dr. Nadirshah Jamshedji, Civilian	27	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Dixon, Maureen Margaret, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Fairhead, Barbara Ruth, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Fairweather, Alister, Merchant Navy	40	First Radio Officer	City of Benares +
		Fernandes, Manuel, Merchant Navy		Assistant Steward	City of Benares +
		Fernandes, Roque S., Merchant Navy		Scullion	City of Benares +
		Fleetwood-Hesketh, Anne Dorothea, Civilian	63	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Fletcher, Duncan, Merchant Navy	67	Surgeon	City of Benares +
		Forster, Jean, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Galliard, Dorothy, Civilian	15	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Ganpat Sakharam, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Gemmell, James Alexander Walker, Merchant Navy	24	Fourth Engineer Officer	City of Benares +
		Gibbeson, John Cecil, Merchant Navy	30	Third Engineer Officer	City of Benares +
		Gilliat-Smith, Sybil Antonia Josepha, Civilian	25	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Glover, Phyllis Elizabeth, Civilian	37	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Golightly, William, Civilian	66	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Goodfellow, Christopher Robin, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Goodfellow, Derek Charles, Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Gralinski, Zygmunt, Civilian	42	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Grierson, Ruby Isobel, Civilian	36	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Grimmond, Augusta E., Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Grimmond, Constance J., Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Grimmond, Edward, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Grimmond, Leonard A., Civilian	5	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Grimmond, Violet C., Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Groberman, Maurice, Civilian	24	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Guggenheim, Emma, Civilian	59	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Guggenheim, Hirsch Benjamin Heinrich, Civilian	67	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Harrington, James Wilfred, Civilian	7	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Harrington, Patricia Doreen, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Harris, Helen, Civilian	45	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Hasan Khamis, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Hashim Ali, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Hicks, Nellie, Civilian	56	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Hillman, Maud Gladys, Civilian	44	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Hillyard, Bruce John, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Hillyard, Jeffrey, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Hodgson, Tom, Civilian	35	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Holmes, Terence Brian, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Hurwitz, William, Civilian	46	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Husain, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Husain Muhammad, , Merchant Navy		Tindal	City of Benares +
		Hutchings, Edgar Robert, Civilian	50	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Ibrahim Abdul Rahim, , Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Ibrahim Balla, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Ingersleben, Emmely Blanca von, Civilian	41	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Irving, Joan Anne Florence, Civilian	15	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Ismail Adam, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Ismail Mansur, , Merchant Navy		Greaser	City of Benares +
		Ismail Sultan, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Jafar Khan Haidar Khan, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Jamal Ahmad, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Jhani, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Jungmann, Karl, Civilian	40	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Karim Ali, , Merchant Navy		Bhandary	City of Benares +
		Keeley, Joyce Mary, Civilian	6	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Khosrovy, Faridun, Civilian	27	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Khotu Amin, , Merchant Navy		Greaser	City of Benares +
		King, Rev. William Henry, Civilian	28	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Ladyman, Margaret, Merchant Navy	49	Nurse	City of Benares +
		Lambert, Lilian, Civilian	66	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Lanyi, Jeno, Civilian	38	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Latif, , Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Lazarus, John S., Merchant Navy		Radio Operator	City of Benares +
		Leigh, Derek, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Leitao, Piedade C., Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Leuenberger, Freda, Civilian	42	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Livingstone, Robert William, Merchant Navy	42	Quartermaster	City of Benares +
		Lloyd, Margaret Eleanor, Civilian	14	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Lloyd, Nesta, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Lunt, Garath, Merchant Navy	20	Quartermaster	City of Benares +
		MacFarquhar, William Smith, Civilian	34	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Mackinnon, Edmond Julius Gordon, RNR	60	Rear-Admiral (Commodore 2nd Class)	City of Benares +
		Macrae, Donald, Merchant Navy	27	Fifth Engineer Officer	City of Benares +
		Madaz Azad, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Mansfield, Audrey, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Marriott, Harry, Civilian	63	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Marshall, George, RN		Petty Officer Telegraphist	City of Benares +
		McLachlan, William, Merchant Navy	56	Quartermaster	City of Benares +
		Miller, Robin, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Mitchell, John Colville, Merchant Navy	19	Sixth Engineer Officer	City of Benares +
		Mollard, Philip Langford, Civilian	6	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Moon, William Robert, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Moss, Aileen Sybil, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Moss, Marion Audrey, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Moss, Rita Ann, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Mubarak Ali, , Merchant Navy		Baker	City of Benares +
		Muhammad, , Merchant Navy		Pantryman	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Gulab, , Merchant Navy		Barber	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Gulab, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Husain, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Ibrahim, , Merchant Navy		Paniwallah	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Jafar, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Khan, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Shafi, , Merchant Navy		Barber	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Shakir, , Merchant Navy		Bhandary	City of Benares +
		Muhammad Sheikh Daud, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Muhib, , Merchant Navy		Bhandary	City of Benares +
		Muncey, Audrey, Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Murphy, Ailsa Burgess, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Murphy, Francis Money Graham, Civilian	37	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Mustand Mian, , Merchant Navy		Greaser	City of Benares +
		Myatt, Beryl, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Nazir, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Nazru Muhammad Nayki, , Merchant Navy		Paniwallah	City of Benares +
		Nicoll, Landles, Merchant Navy	51	Master	City of Benares +
		Nolan, Dorothy Sheila, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Nolan, Patricia, Civilian	8	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Olden, Ika, Civilian	32	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Olden, Rudolph, Civilian	55	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Palma, Benedic, Merchant Navy		Cook	City of Benares +
		Panchkori, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Panchu, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Panna, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Pemberton, John, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Pereira, Espexian, Merchant Navy		Butcher's Mate	City of Benares +
		Pine, Diana, Civilian	6	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Pine, Eileen Emma Maud, Civilian	31	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Poole, Rodger James, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Pugh, Charles Horace, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Pugh, Donald James, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Pugh, John Albert, Civilian	14	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Purvis, George, Merchant Navy		Assistant Steward	City of Benares
		Rahim Bakhsh, , Merchant Navy		Butler	City of Benares +
		Ramaswami Chikappa, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Ramaswami Ramchandra, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Rangaswami Subramani, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Raskai, Laszlo, Civilian	39	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Razaq Faqir, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Rees, Anita Mary, Civilian	14	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Rees, William Eric, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Rennie, Michael, Civilian	23	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Richardson, Edward Colin Ryder, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares
		Roberts, John, Merchant Navy	60	Quartermaster	City of Benares +
		Rodda, Colenso Mackenzie, Civilian	6	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Roshan, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Ryan, Annie, Merchant Navy	32	Stewardess	City of Benares
		Ryman, Layton George, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Shafi Ullah, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Sharif Sheikh Ismail, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Shaukat Ismail, , Merchant Navy		Serang	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Abbas Usman, , Merchant Navy		Tindal	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Adam, , Merchant Navy		Bhandary	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Ahmad Bawa Sahib, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Ahmad Kamal-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy		Greaser	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Ali Ismail, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Ali Khotu, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Amjad, , Merchant Navy		Steward	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Faqir Amin, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Hasan Dharmu, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Husain, , Merchant Navy		Winchman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Husain Sheikh Muhammad, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ahmad, , Merchant Navy		Greaser	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Kalu, , Merchant Navy		General Servant	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Karim, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Labhu, , Merchant Navy		Pantry Boy	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Muhammad Jan, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Muhammad Sheikh Ibrahim, , Merchant Navy		Trimmer	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Nur, , Merchant Navy		Pantryman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Nur-Ud-Din Bapu, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Sheikh Usman, , Merchant Navy		Paniwallah	City of Benares +
		Sher Muhammad, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Short, Peter, Civilian	5	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Smith, Dorothy Winifred, Civilian	26	Passenger (Nurse)	City of Benares +
		Smith, Edith, Civilian	13	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Smith, Irene, Civilian	11	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Smoolovitch, Henry, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Soria, , Merchant Navy		Topass	City of Benares +
		Spencer, James Thomas, Civilian	5	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Spencer, Joan Margaret, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Spencer-Davies, John Onslow, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Spencer-Davies, Rosemary Winifred, Civilian	15	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Stern, Kurt Lowe, Civilian	29	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Stewart, Janet Roberts Aitcheson, Civilian	37	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Sulaiman, , Merchant Navy		Boy	City of Benares +
		Sulaiman Badr-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Swales, James, Merchant Navy	30	Electrician	City of Benares +
		Symon, Frank, Merchant Navy	27	Steward	City of Benares +
		Taimas Ullah Azam Ullah, , Merchant Navy		Greaser	City of Benares +
		Taylor, Anthony Ralph, Civilian	6	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Taylor, June Margaret, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Templeton, Robert, Merchant Navy	29	Able Seaman and Quartermaster	City of Benares
		Thorne, Marion Winifred, Civilian	7	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Unwin, Betty, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Usman Baba, , Merchant Navy		Seaman	City of Benares +
		Usman Dhondu, , Merchant Navy		Fireman	City of Benares +
		Wallace, Agnes H., Merchant Navy	25	Nurse	City of Benares +
		Walsh, Gordon, Civilian	10	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Watson, Ann Jordeson, Civilian	6	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Watson, Thomas William, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Wilde, Ethel Martha, Civilian	70	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Willis, Peter John, Civilian	12	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Wilson, Bertha Sproull, Civilian	36	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Wood, Dorothy Gertrude, Civilian	9	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Zeal, B. Margaret, Civilian	30	Passenger	City of Benares +
		Zoond, Bertha, Civilian	63	Passenger	City 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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