Able Seaman Edgar Stanley Chaloner
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
The Mercantile Marine
SS Mesaba
aged 19
Son of David and Maud Mary Chaloner (nee Roberts), of Greenfield Terrace, Park Wall, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
His birth was registered in Wrexham district, in the quarter ended March 1899
He was the 4th of their 8 children.
His parents,
David Chaloner, born 4 January 1862, died 3 March 1942, Wrexham.
Mary Roberts Chaloner, born 30 January 1867, died on 10 August 1952, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
They were married in 1895, in Wrexham
SS Mesaba was owned by The Atlantic Transport Company Ltd. It was built in 1898 by Harland and Wolff, and launched as SS Winefreda. It was given some defensive armament during World War 1, to counter the threat of German Submarines. It was enroute from Liverpool to Philadelphia, when it was torpedoed in the Irish Channel, 21 miles East of the Tuskar Rock, by UB 118.
UB 118 was commissioned in January 1918, and sank 4 ships in her short career, including 2 on 1 September 1918, SS City of Glasgow (12 lost) and SS Mesaba (20 lost)
The known crew of SS Mesaba comprised
James Albert Bush
Edgar Stanley Chaloner
Owen Percy Clarke [Master]
Robert Joseph Clifton
Frank Foster
James Francis
William Stanmore Glover
Adam Stanley Hampton
William Edward Kerr
William Kildea
George William Land
John Maclure
Henry McNeil
Leonard Charles Mills
William George Rehill
Thomas Riding
Donald Stewart
Dominik Tineich
Alexander Wilson
They comprised
8 Officers
6 Firemen/Engine room
4 Stewards/Catering
1 Carpenter
not recorded, but almost certainly onboard were
a Radio Officer
a Second Officer/Mate
The bodies of four of the crew were recovered
One was recovered from the sea off Pembrokeshire
George William Land
Three were recovered from the sea off Wexford,
William Stanmore Glover
Henry McNeil
and
an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, which was recovered off the sea in Co. Wexford
Death Certificate.
The nude body of an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, believed to be a member of the crew of SS "Mesaba", was found in the sea near ths Tusker Rock, off the coast of Co. Wexford.
The cause of death was Shock due to immersion on the sea owing to the action of an enemy Submarine.
The death was registered in Broadway district, Co. Wexford, on 9 September 1918, following an inquest held on 8 September 1918
This man might be Edgar Chaloner
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
The Mercantile Marine
SS Mesaba
aged 19
Son of David and Maud Mary Chaloner (nee Roberts), of Greenfield Terrace, Park Wall, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
His birth was registered in Wrexham district, in the quarter ended March 1899
He was the 4th of their 8 children.
His parents,
David Chaloner, born 4 January 1862, died 3 March 1942, Wrexham.
Mary Roberts Chaloner, born 30 January 1867, died on 10 August 1952, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
They were married in 1895, in Wrexham
SS Mesaba was owned by The Atlantic Transport Company Ltd. It was built in 1898 by Harland and Wolff, and launched as SS Winefreda. It was given some defensive armament during World War 1, to counter the threat of German Submarines. It was enroute from Liverpool to Philadelphia, when it was torpedoed in the Irish Channel, 21 miles East of the Tuskar Rock, by UB 118.
UB 118 was commissioned in January 1918, and sank 4 ships in her short career, including 2 on 1 September 1918, SS City of Glasgow (12 lost) and SS Mesaba (20 lost)
The known crew of SS Mesaba comprised
James Albert Bush
Edgar Stanley Chaloner
Owen Percy Clarke [Master]
Robert Joseph Clifton
Frank Foster
James Francis
William Stanmore Glover
Adam Stanley Hampton
William Edward Kerr
William Kildea
George William Land
John Maclure
Henry McNeil
Leonard Charles Mills
William George Rehill
Thomas Riding
Donald Stewart
Dominik Tineich
Alexander Wilson
They comprised
8 Officers
6 Firemen/Engine room
4 Stewards/Catering
1 Carpenter
not recorded, but almost certainly onboard were
a Radio Officer
a Second Officer/Mate
The bodies of four of the crew were recovered
One was recovered from the sea off Pembrokeshire
George William Land
Three were recovered from the sea off Wexford,
William Stanmore Glover
Henry McNeil
and
an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, which was recovered off the sea in Co. Wexford
Death Certificate.
The nude body of an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, believed to be a member of the crew of SS "Mesaba", was found in the sea near ths Tusker Rock, off the coast of Co. Wexford.
The cause of death was Shock due to immersion on the sea owing to the action of an enemy Submarine.
The death was registered in Broadway district, Co. Wexford, on 9 September 1918, following an inquest held on 8 September 1918
This man might be Edgar Chaloner
Able Seaman Edgar Stanley Chaloner
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
The Mercantile Marine
SS Mesaba
aged 19
Son of David and Maud Mary Chaloner (nee Roberts), of Greenfield Terrace, Park Wall, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
His birth was registered in Wrexham district, in the quarter ended March 1899
He was the 4th of their 8 children.
His parents,
David Chaloner, born 4 January 1862, died 3 March 1942, Wrexham.
Mary Roberts Chaloner, born 30 January 1867, died on 10 August 1952, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
They were married in 1895, in Wrexham
SS Mesaba was owned by The Atlantic Transport Company Ltd. It was built in 1898 by Harland and Wolff, and launched as SS Winefreda. It was given some defensive armament during World War 1, to counter the threat of German Submarines. It was enroute from Liverpool to Philadelphia, when it was torpedoed in the Irish Channel, 21 miles East of the Tuskar Rock, by UB 118.
UB 118 was commissioned in January 1918, and sank 4 ships in her short career, including 2 on 1 September 1918, SS City of Glasgow (12 lost) and SS Mesaba (20 lost)
The known crew of SS Mesaba comprised
James Albert Bush
Edgar Stanley Chaloner
Owen Percy Clarke [Master]
Robert Joseph Clifton
Frank Foster
James Francis
William Stanmore Glover
Adam Stanley Hampton
William Edward Kerr
William Kildea
George William Land
John Maclure
Henry McNeil
Leonard Charles Mills
William George Rehill
Thomas Riding
Donald Stewart
Dominik Tineich
Alexander Wilson
They comprised
8 Officers
6 Firemen/Engine room
4 Stewards/Catering
1 Carpenter
not recorded, but almost certainly onboard were
a Radio Officer
a Second Officer/Mate
The bodies of four of the crew were recovered
One was recovered from the sea off Pembrokeshire
George William Land
Three were recovered from the sea off Wexford,
William Stanmore Glover
Henry McNeil
and
an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, which was recovered off the sea in Co. Wexford
Death Certificate.
The nude body of an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, believed to be a member of the crew of SS "Mesaba", was found in the sea near ths Tusker Rock, off the coast of Co. Wexford.
The cause of death was Shock due to immersion on the sea owing to the action of an enemy Submarine.
The death was registered in Broadway district, Co. Wexford, on 9 September 1918, following an inquest held on 8 September 1918
This man might be Edgar Chaloner
Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
The Mercantile Marine
SS Mesaba
aged 19
Son of David and Maud Mary Chaloner (nee Roberts), of Greenfield Terrace, Park Wall, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
His birth was registered in Wrexham district, in the quarter ended March 1899
He was the 4th of their 8 children.
His parents,
David Chaloner, born 4 January 1862, died 3 March 1942, Wrexham.
Mary Roberts Chaloner, born 30 January 1867, died on 10 August 1952, Gwersyllt, Wrexham.
They were married in 1895, in Wrexham
SS Mesaba was owned by The Atlantic Transport Company Ltd. It was built in 1898 by Harland and Wolff, and launched as SS Winefreda. It was given some defensive armament during World War 1, to counter the threat of German Submarines. It was enroute from Liverpool to Philadelphia, when it was torpedoed in the Irish Channel, 21 miles East of the Tuskar Rock, by UB 118.
UB 118 was commissioned in January 1918, and sank 4 ships in her short career, including 2 on 1 September 1918, SS City of Glasgow (12 lost) and SS Mesaba (20 lost)
The known crew of SS Mesaba comprised
James Albert Bush
Edgar Stanley Chaloner
Owen Percy Clarke [Master]
Robert Joseph Clifton
Frank Foster
James Francis
William Stanmore Glover
Adam Stanley Hampton
William Edward Kerr
William Kildea
George William Land
John Maclure
Henry McNeil
Leonard Charles Mills
William George Rehill
Thomas Riding
Donald Stewart
Dominik Tineich
Alexander Wilson
They comprised
8 Officers
6 Firemen/Engine room
4 Stewards/Catering
1 Carpenter
not recorded, but almost certainly onboard were
a Radio Officer
a Second Officer/Mate
The bodies of four of the crew were recovered
One was recovered from the sea off Pembrokeshire
George William Land
Three were recovered from the sea off Wexford,
William Stanmore Glover
Henry McNeil
and
an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, which was recovered off the sea in Co. Wexford
Death Certificate.
The nude body of an unidentified male, thought to be aged about 22, believed to be a member of the crew of SS "Mesaba", was found in the sea near ths Tusker Rock, off the coast of Co. Wexford.
The cause of death was Shock due to immersion on the sea owing to the action of an enemy Submarine.
The death was registered in Broadway district, Co. Wexford, on 9 September 1918, following an inquest held on 8 September 1918
This man might be Edgar Chaloner
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