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Post by Administrator on Nov 24, 2013 21:48:08 GMT
Chief Officer James Edward Luen Birth: Jun. 24, 1896 Death: Nov. 25, 1939 He drowned 25 November 1939 off Nova Scotia I never knew you but will not let you be forgotten. The sea is your grave - a sea which you loved. Rest in peace. - Lorraine Howard LINKAttachments:
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Post by Administrator on Nov 24, 2013 21:58:26 GMT
James Edward Luen, a Chief Officer within the Merchant Navy who had attended High Street School before going to sea in 1910. James served in the Royal Naval Reserve throughout WWI on the Dover Patrol and also spent some time as a sheep farmer in Australia. He and his family used to live in Woy Woy, a bungalow at the bottom of Cold Knap Way, Barry.
Many people remark on the strange name; this was due to James and his wife Violet who married in the town of Woy Woy in Australia. James died at the age of 43 on November 25, 1939 off the coast of Newfoundland,Nova , Scotia when a wave crashed into the ship and he was washed overboard.
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Post by Administrator on Nov 24, 2013 22:03:18 GMT
At 05.20 hours on August 5, 1941, in position 53.26N, 15.40W (west of Ireland), SS Harlingen (with a cargo of 8,000 tons of West African produce from Lagos), was torpedoed by U-75. The master (Jack Willingham) and 38 other survivors were picked up by HMS Hydrangea and landed at Gourock and three crew members were rescued by HMS Zinnia and landed at Londonderry.
Two crew members lost their lives and are commemorated on Tower Hill, panel 55:
ELLIOTT , Fireman and Trimmer, ROBERT, S.S. Harlingen (London). Merchant Navy. 8th August 1941. Age 55.
STEVENSON, Second Engineer Officer, ROBERT JOHN, S.S. Harlingen (London). Merchant Navy. 5th August 1941. Age 61. Son of Fireman Robert Stevenson, M.N., and of Mary Stevenson (nee Gray); husband of Annie Kerr Stevenson, of Possilpark, Glasgow.
Also commemorated on Tower Hill, panel 55 is Chief Officer, JAMES EDWARD LUEN, S.S. Harlingen (London). Merchant Navy. 25th November 1939. Age 43. Son of Albert Edward and Rebecca Luen; husband of Violet Victoria Luen, of Barry, Glamorgan. (Died in a separate incident)
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Post by Administrator on Nov 25, 2013 22:10:17 GMT
Jim Luen also found time during WW1 to join up with the Canadian Expeditionary Force: LINK |
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Post by Administrator on Dec 5, 2013 13:16:27 GMT
Jim Luen is remembered in Barry: November MN Barry Gem article published today: Page 22 re: Jim LINK |
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Post by Administrator on Feb 20, 2015 14:56:02 GMT
Hello Keith, All I can say is your passion on the subject has to be commended my friend. The posting may of been to long for some to concentrate on, but the relevance was 100% from the heart and should be noted as such. LINK |
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