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Post by Keith Greenway on Mar 15, 2008 14:28:08 GMT
In Memory of
Junior Engineer Officer JAMES HAROLD EVANS
M.V. Lady Glanely (Cardiff), Merchant Navy
who died age 37
on 02 December 1940
Son of John Evans, and of Mary Evans, of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire; husband of Minnie Evans, of Aberayron, Cardiganshire.
Remembered with honour
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Post by Administrator on Mar 15, 2008 14:55:35 GMT
- We remember Lord, we remember: we remember ships tossed in the air by explosions, we remember men, our friends, falling beside us.... we remember telegrams coming to the doors of our neighbours, husbands taken from our arms never to return; sons whom we feared for every day. We remember a lot, we remember....
Her Name Was SS. recently during research found a copy of this mans "RECORD OF DEATH OF MERCHANT SEAMAN"
Birth place: Barry Dock, Glamorgan,Wales.
Date of Death: 2.12.40
Place of Death: At sea
Age at Death: 37
Cause of Death: Supposed drowned: sunk through enemy action on the 2nd December 1940.
M.V. LADY GLANELY (CARDIFF) 162129
We at Her Name was Web Site reproduce the detail in tribute to a Merchant Seaman Mr. James Harrold Evans, His captain and the crew of his ship - "Her Name Was Glanely" - and the families, friends and loved ones.
"Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten". - Loving Father - help us in our memories - ease us in the pain of them, without causing us to forget.
KG.
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Post by INFO AT TREGENNA on Mar 27, 2008 23:55:43 GMT
Her Name Was Lady Glanely MV
Latitude: 55°00'0X'' N
Longitude: 020°00'0X'' W
Lady Glanely MV was a British Cargo Motor Vessel of 5,497 tons built in 1938. On the 2nd December 1940 when on route from Vancouver BC - Panama - Bermuda - London carrying a cargo of 2,000 tons of wheat and 6,125 tons of lumber she was torpedoed by German submarine U-101 and sunk about 410 miles west of Bloody Foreland. The master, 30 crew members and one gunner were lost.
Owner: W.J. Tatem Ltd, Cardiff
Builder: William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland 1938
2nd December 1940. The Lady Glanely. The ship started her voyage in Vancouver and carried a cargo of wheat and timber, the destination was London. She passed through the Panama Canal, but whilst in the North Atlantic the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat. All 32 men on board lost their lives
U-101
02 December 1940 at 05h07: MV "Glanely Lady" (cargo motor 5497 tonnes convoy HX 90), tile AL 6571, torpedo - 55 ° N 20 ° W –
RIP
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