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Solon II

British steam merchant



Photo courtesy of John H. Marsh Maritime Research Centre

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam merchant Solon II.

Aboard Solon II when hit on 3 Dec 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
IndianAbdul Ghafur, , Merchant Navy57CassabSolon II +
IndianAbdul Ghafur, , Merchant Navy41LascarSolon II +
IndianAbdul Hakim, , Merchant Navy32SeamanSolon II +
IndianAbdul Hakim, , Merchant Navy26TrimmerSolon II +
IndianAbdul Khair, , Merchant Navy24SeamanSolon II +
IndianAbdul Majid, , Merchant Navy36FiremanSolon II +
IndianAbdul Majid, , Merchant Navy43FiremanSolon II +
IndianAltu Mian, , Merchant Navy36CassabSolon II +
IndianAmin Ullah, , Merchant Navy45GreaserSolon II +
IndianBadu Mian, , Merchant Navy34FiremanSolon II +
IndianBasu, , Merchant Navy45PantrymanSolon II +
BritishBreen, Cornelius Dennis, Merchant Navy31QuartermasterSolon II +
IndianChand Mian, , Merchant Navy20TrimmerSolon II +
BritishCowin, Thomas Burrows, Merchant Navy50Chief Engineer OfficerSolon II +
BritishDaniel, Llewellyn Phillip William H., RNAble Seaman (DEMS gunner)Solon II +
BritishDavies, William David, RN21Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Solon II +
BritishDear, James Middleton Wills, Merchant Navy27CarpenterSolon II +
IndianDil Muhammad, , Merchant Navy42SerangSolon II +
IndianDin Muhammad, , Merchant Navy23TrimmerSolon II +
BritishEdgar, Walter Johnstone, Merchant Navy56Chief StewardSolon II +
BritishGardner, William Hall, Merchant Navy52QuartermasterSolon II +
BritishGay, William, Merchant Navy51QuartermasterSolon II +
BritishGiraud, Arnold John Charles, Merchant Navy23Third Radio OfficerSolon II +
BritishGrindey, John, Merchant Navy27Second Radio OfficerSolon II +
IndianHasan-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy43SeamanSolon II +
IndianHusain Ali, , Merchant Navy43SeamanSolon II +
IndianHusain-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy37SeamanSolon II +
IndianIbrahim, , Merchant Navy49TindalSolon II +
IndianIbrahim, , Merchant Navy26TrimmerSolon II +
IndianIsmail, , Merchant Navy53BoySolon II +
BritishJackson, Charles, Merchant Navy53Second Engineer OfficerSolon II +
IndianKalu, , Merchant Navy23BoySolon II +
IndianKunja Naik, , Merchant Navy35TopassSolon II +
BritishMacfarlane, Alexander, Merchant NavyFourth Engineer OfficerSolon II
IndianMahbub Ali, , Merchant Navy30SeamanSolon II +
IndianManu, , Merchant NavyTopassSolon II +
IndianMeher Bakhsh, , Merchant Navy30FiremanSolon II +
IndianMohi-Ud-Din Khan, , Merchant Navy24FiremanSolon II +
BritishMorrison, Orlando, RN25Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Solon II +
IndianMubarak Ali, , Merchant Navy38WinchmanSolon II +
IndianMubarak Ullah, , Merchant Navy24TrimmerSolon II +
IndianMuhammad Ismail, , Merchant Navy41WinchmanSolon II +
IndianMunir Ullah, , Merchant Navy39DonkeymanSolon II +
IndianMuntaz Mian, , Merchant Navy42TindalSolon II +
IndianMuntaz Mian, , Merchant Navy37FiremanSolon II +
IndianMusharraf Ali, , Merchant Navy27FiremanSolon II +
IndianMuslim Mian, , Merchant Navy20TrimmerSolon II +
IndianMuzaffar Ali, , Merchant Navy41BoySolon II +
IndianNawab Ali, , Merchant Navy48SerangSolon II +
IndianNazim-Ud-Din, , Merchant Navy56SeamanSolon II +
BritishNewton, Fred, Merchant Navy27Fourth Engineer OfficerSolon II +
IndianNur Bakhsh, , Merchant Navy41TrimmerSolon II +
IndianQurban Ali, , Merchant Navy23BoySolon II +
BritishRobinson, John, Merchant Navy47MasterSolon II +
IndianSalamat Ullah, , Merchant Navy36FiremanSolon II +
BritishSargent, Arthur Edward Harrington, Merchant Navy19ApprenticeSolon II +
BritishScott, Ronald, Merchant Navy24First Radio OfficerSolon II +
IndianSheikh Abdullah, , Merchant Navy28SeamanSolon II +
IndianSheikh Ashraf, , Merchant Navy38CookSolon II +
IndianSheikh Chunu, , Merchant Navy43General ServantSolon II +
IndianSheikh Jabed Ali, , Merchant Navy36SeamanSolon II +
IndianSheikh Manik, , Merchant Navy37CookSolon II +
IndianSheikh Wahid Ali, , Merchant Navy25CookSolon II +
IndianSheikh Yusuf, , Merchant Navy41BhandarySolon II +
IndianSona Mian, , Merchant Navy41TindalSolon II +
BritishSpencer, William, Merchant Navy42Chief OfficerSolon II +
IndianSultan Ahmad, , Merchant Navy30GreaserSolon II +
IndianSuraj Mian, , Merchant Navy25TrimmerSolon II +
IndianTafazzul Haq, , Merchant Navy30FiremanSolon II +
BritishTaylor, Robert Alfred, Merchant Navy34QuartermasterSolon II +
IndianWahid Bakhsh, , Merchant Navy51SeamanSolon II +
BritishWilliams, Henry Eyton, Merchant Navy23Third OfficerSolon II +
BritishWilson, George William, RN29Leading Seaman (DEMS gunner)Solon II +
BritishWoolfenden, Norman William, Merchant Navy28Second OfficerSolon II +

74 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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