Officers and Men of the ss Nailsea Court who were lost.

ABERCROMBIE, Sailor, HUGH, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 24. Son of Hugh and Winnifred Abercrombie, of East Ham. Essex.

ADAMS, Deck Boy, PETER RONALD, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 17. Son of William and Mary Adams, of Gravesend, Kent.Peter Ronald Adams

BARNES, Fireman and Trimmer, PERCIVAL GEORGE, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 40.

BLYTHE, Chief Steward, SIDNEY ARTHUR, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 45. Son of Sidney Arthur and Rose Blythe; husband of Eveline Elsie Blythe, of Windsor.

CASPELL, First Radio Officer, JOHN, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 23. Son of Horace and Mabel Caspell; husband of Dorothy Joan Caspell, of Whetstone, Middlesex.

COOMER, Fireman, JOHN WILLIAM, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 38.

COTTLE, Apprentice, SAM ETHELRED, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 17. Son of Sam Herbert and Ethel Victoria Cottle, of Stamshaw, Portsmouth.

CULVER, Donkeyman, STEPHEN WILLIAM, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 31.

DAWSON, Chief Officer, DERRICK GEORGE, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 37. Husband of Ella Edith Dawson, of Horsham, Sussex.

DENT, Chief Engineer Officer, ROBERT, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 50. Son of William and Mary Jane Dent; husband of Ruby Victoria Dent, of Rhiwbina, Glamorgan.Click Here

DRYDEN, Fourth Engineer Officer, RONALD, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 26.

DUDLEY, Able Seaman, STANLEY ERIC, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 21. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dudley, of Buckden, Huntingdonshire.

FARMER, Able Seaman, GILBERT JOHN MCNAUGHTON, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 46. Husband of Grace Louisa Farmer of Colchester, Essex.

FRANCIS, Cook, WILLIAM, B E M, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 32. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Francis.

GIBSON, Carpenter, HARRY CHARLES, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 53.

HEWS, Third Officer, KENNETH HENRY, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 27. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hews, of Newport, Monmouthshire. Click Here

HILLS, Deck Boy, GEORGE HENRY, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 18. Son of Charles Hills, and of Dorothy Hills, of Dartford, Kent.

HUNTER, Apprentice, LOUIS, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 18. Son of R. E. Hunter, and of Adele Hunter, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

JOHANNESEN, Second Officer, RUDOLPH ALEXANDER, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 23.

KEARNEY, Fireman and Trimmer, MICHAEL, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 20. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Kearney, of Salford, Lancashire.

LAWDER, Apprentice, RODERICK EDWARD, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 23.

LEASK, Able Seaman, THOMAS, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 50. Son of William and Mina Leask; husband of Ann Leask, of Walls, Zetland.

LEE, Master, ROBERT JAMES, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 46. Son of William and Mary Lee; husband of Gladys Ellen Lee, of Penarth, Glamorgan.Captain R J Lee MN

LUKES, Boatswain, PERCY CHARLES, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 33. Son of Percy James Lukes and Emily Beatrice Lukes, of Gravesend, Kent; husband of Margaret McLaughlin Lukes, of Gravesend.

MARYON, Assistant Steward, JOHN HENRY, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 18. Son of Jabez Henry and Irene Violet Maryon, of Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

MASTERSON, Greaser, GEORGE WILLIAM, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 31. Son of George William and Ada Masterson; husband of Elizabeth Josephine Masterson, of Walthamstow, Essex.

MacGUCKIN, Apprentice, JOHN LEWIS, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 19. Son of Bernard MacGuckin, and of Jessie MacGuckin, of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

NELSON, Third Engineer Officer, EDGAR RAYMOND, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 26. Son of Mrs. M. J. Nelson, of Cardiff.

PERKES, Greaser, WILLIAM CHARLES EDGERTON, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 34. King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Son of William and Ellen Perkes.

REW, Able Seaman, AMBROSE THOMAS, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 23. Son of Ambrose and Mary Rew, of Southall, Middlesex.

REYNOLDS, Second Radio Officer, FRANK ALFRED, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 19. Son of Horace Alfred and Catherine Reynolds, of Liverpool.

SHELL, Assistant Cook, JOHN ALBERT, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 20. Husband of Constance Shell, of Tottenham, Middlesex.John Albert Shell

WYBROW, Deck Boy, THOMAS GEORGE EDWARD, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 18. Son of Henry Thomas Wybrow and Sarah Ann Wybrow, of Dartford, Kent.

YEOMANS, Third Radio Officer, GERALD HOWARD, S.S. Nailsea Court (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 10th March 1943. Age 42. Son of Tom Yeomans, and of M. E. Yeomans, of Hall Green, Birmingham.

Royal Navy DEMS gunners (only 2 can be confirmed as DEMS records are not complete in full detail of ships lost from)

MALINS, Able Seaman, GEORGE SIDNEY, P/JX 226051. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Nailsea Court). 10th March 1943. Age 25. Son of Sydney and Ellen Malins, of Evesham, Worcestershire.

TAYLOR, Able Seaman, GEORGE HENRY, P/JX 335416. H.M.S. President III. Royal Navy. (lost in S.S. Nailsea Court). 10th March 1943. Age 19. Son of George and Doris Taylor, of Sheffield.

July 2009 - Courtesy of www.mercantilemarine.org  additional Royal Navy Gunners who lost their lives on the ss Nailsea Court are recorded in the Admiralty Records as:

BLAND FRANK E. A/A.B. (DEMS) C/JX 249294 S.S. NAILSEA COURT 10-Mar-1943 M.P.K. SHIP LOSS O/P PRESIDENT III

PATTISON JOSEPH A/A.B. (DEMS) C/JX 290898 S.S. NAILSEA COURT 10-Mar-1943 M.P.K. SHIP LOSS O/P PRESIDENT III

WARNER FREDERICK T. A/L/SEAMAN (TY) (DEMS) D/JX 203086 S.S. NAILSEA COURT 10-Mar-1943 M.P.K. SHIP LOSS O/P PRESIDENT III