CREW OF THE SS KERVEGAN LOST 9 FEBRUARY 1941

TIPPETT Tom Reginald - Master - (son of James & Flora Tippett and husband of Elsie Rena of Cardiff) - Age 51

ALI A. - Nothing known

ASHFORD Clarence - Cook (son of James Mortimer Ashford & Catherine of Barry) - Age 21

COFFEY George - Seaman (son of William Hugh Coffey & Mary & husband of Margaret Coffey of Belfast, Ireland) - Age 39

COLETTI John Joseph - Seaman (son of Carmeno & Catherina Coletti) - Age 35

CROLL Gordon - Chief Engineer - age 60

FOURNAISE Johan Ove Nibholm - 3rd officer - Age 29

GILES Henry John - Seaman - Age 21

HUTCHINGS Eric Charles - 1st Radio Officer (son of Sidney Charles & Mary Ellen Hutchings of Pilsdon, Dorset) - Age 32 (signed on at Newcastle ?)

IBRAHAM M. - Nothing known

JACOBS Sedonis F A - 3rd Engineer (son of Alfons & Anna Jacobs of Antwerp) - Age 27

JONES Ernest Roy Faunt - 2nd Officer (son of Frederick & Constance Jones & husband of Winifred Jones of Monkstown, Dublin, Ireland) - Age 49

JONES William John - Able Seaman - Age 45

LINHOLM Friedrich - 2nd Engineer - Age 28

LOUGHRAN Joseph - Cabin Boy - (son of Daniel & Mary Loughran of Belfast, Ireland) - Age 16

MALES Cyril Dixon - Able Seaman - Age 19

MOHAMED A.A. - Nothing known

NIELSAN Carlo - Seaman - Age 26

OBEID A.S. - Nothing known

OBEID H. - Nothing known

O’BRIEN James - Chief Officer - Age 25

OSBORNE James - Mess Room Boy - Age 16

PAIN Sidney George Hadley - Steward - (son of Sidney John Hadley Pain & Emily Florence Pain of Rumney, Cardiff) - Age 25

QASIM O. - Nothing known

SHELVEY Denis William Alfred - 2nd Radio Officer - (son of William Thomas Sutton Shelvey & Fanny Abigail of Southsea, Hants.) - Age 18

SILAM M. - Nothing known

 

The names of the crew who died were transcribed from a photograph of a part of the Merchant Seamen’s WWII memorial at Tower Hill, London by the daughter of Captain T R Tippett.

Additional details were extracted from the Commonwealth War Graves website by Bob Sanders.