Service No. P/J 268395 - Royal Navy. H.M.S. President III

One of the 47 sailors and gunners lost at sea, when the German submarine U-527 torpedoed the armed British merchant ship S.S. Fort Lamy and sunk the vessel southeast of Cape Farewell. There were five survivors, 3 crew and 2 gunners and they were picked up almost 2 weeks later by HMS Vervain.
S.S Fort Lamy was part of convoy SC 121 which had sailed from New York on the 23rd February 1943, heading towards Liverpool.
The other crewmen were,
Allen, William Leslie, Merchant Navy - Second Officer - 34
Barley, Kenneth, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 33
Barrand, John Douglas, Merchant Navy – Carpenter - 26
Baxter, Sydney Wray, Merchant Navy - Third Officer- 22
Black, Cecil, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 27
Brooks, Ronald, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 25
Chesney, Hugh, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 32
Clark, George, Merchant Navy - Assistant Steward - 17
Cowan, David, Merchant Navy - First Radio Officer - 43
Crosbie, John, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 41
Dafinos, Constantinos, Merchant Navy - Boatswain (Bosun) - 48
Duffy, Hugh, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 44
Durkin, James Patrick, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 24
Evans, William, Merchant Navy – Master - 54
Gibson, William, Merchant Navy – Fireman - 25
Greer, Alexander, Merchant Navy - Assistant Cook - 20
Hanvey, Edward Brendan, Merchant Navy - Second Radio Officer - 24
Harkness, David, Merchant Navy – Donkeyman - 40
Harvey, David George, Merchant Navy - Third Radio Officer - 19
Hines, Mathew, Merchant Navy – Donkeyman - 41
Holmes, Alfred Henry, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 53
Johnson, Eric, RN - Able Seaman (DEMS gunner) - 20
Kelsey, Thomas Alfred, British Army - Gunner (DEMS gunner) - 32
Kendrick, Horace, RM - Sergeant (DEMS gunner)
Logan, John Alfred, Merchant Navy - Third Engineer Officer - 30
McCready, William James, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 42
McDonald, Henry, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 36
McWha, Arthur, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 34
Messer, Charles Alexander, British Army- Bombardier (DEMS gunner) - 27
Millbank, Frank Harvey, Merchant Navy - Fourth Engineer Officer
Morrow, Andrew, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 51
Murtagh, Michael, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 46
Newman, Thomas Cecil, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 20
Nicholl, Thomas, Merchant Navy - Ordinary Seaman - 21
Pettican, Charles William, Merchant Navy - Able Seaman - 50
Purves, John, Merchant Navy - Second Engineer Officer - 39
Ryley, Eric Fred, Merchant Navy - Assistant Steward - 29
Sharpe, Fred, Merchant Navy - Chief Cook - 35
Shaw, Herbert Arnold, Merchant Navy – Donkeyman - 36
Spink, Robert Henry, Merchant Navy - Chief Officer - 31
Swaine, James, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 43
Tucker, Ernest Henry, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 29
Ward, James, Merchant Navy - Fireman and Trimmer - 40
Weller, Harry, Merchant Navy - Chief Steward – 36
Welton, Alfred, Merchant Navy - Chief Engineer Officer - 28

Son of Fredrick and Sarah Magnus, of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Co. Durham.