Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Cornish City

British motor merchant



Photo courtesy of Harold Appleyard

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British motor merchant Cornish City.

Aboard Cornish City when hit on 29 Jul 1943

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAnglo, Albert, Merchant Navy23First Radio OfficerCornish City +
BritishBarry, Richard James, Merchant Navy20Second Radio Officer (Senior)Cornish City +
BritishBradbury, Henry Thomas, Merchant Navy19Ordinary SeamanCornish City +
BritishBradley, Norman Reginald, Merchant Navy21Junior Engineer OfficerCornish City +
BritishBurns, Peter William, Merchant Navy16Deck BoyCornish City +
BritishButtigieg, Gerald, Merchant Navy35Able SeamanCornish City +
BritishCobner, Howard Llewellyn, Merchant Navy46Able SeamanCornish City +
BritishCockaday, Douglas Leonard, Merchant Navy23Junior Engineer OfficerCornish City +
BritishCole, Frederick Edward, Merchant Navy22SailorCornish City +
BritishCrowley, Patrick, Merchant Navy39Chief StewardCornish City +
BritishCutler, Robert Edward, RN19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornish City +
BritishDavenport, Leslie George, Merchant Navy29Able SeamanCornish City +
IrishEwing, Richard Henry Cecil, Merchant Navy18StewardCornish City +
BritishFletcher, Harry Gladstone, Merchant Navy54CarpenterCornish City +
BritishGiles, Alan, Merchant Navy18Deck BoyCornish City +
BritishGrant, Christian, Merchant NavyBoatswain (Bosun)Cornish City
BritishGrey, William, Merchant Navy34Chief Engineer OfficerCornish City +
BritishGroves, Joseph Lewis, Merchant Navy18ApprenticeCornish City +
BritishHaigh, Charles Albert, British Army20GunnerCornish City +
BritishHopper, John William Dawson, Merchant Navy25Second Engineer OfficerCornish City +
BritishIsaac, Henry Thomas, Merchant Navy48MasterCornish City +
BritishJeans, Edwin, Merchant Navy21Second OfficerCornish City +
BritishJenkins, Peter John, Merchant Navy17Cabin BoyCornish City +
BritishJones, Cyril James, RN26Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornish City +
BritishMahoney, Trevor, Merchant Navy36DonkeymanCornish City +
BritishMarsh, Frederick George, RN26Leading Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornish City +
BritishMitchinson, Charles William, Merchant Navy46ElectricianCornish City +
BritishMonk, William Archibald, Merchant Navy31Fourth Engineer OfficerCornish City +
BritishMorgan, William Herbert, Merchant Navy34SailorCornish City +
BritishOwen, James William, British ArmyLance Bombardier (DEMS gunner)Cornish City +
BritishPett, John Joseph, Merchant Navy20QuartermasterCornish City +
BritishPickford, Leslie John, Merchant Navy20Ordinary SeamanCornish City +
BritishPomeroy, Peter, Merchant Navy18Second Radio OfficerCornish City +
CanadianTrethewy, Arthur, Merchant NavyThird Engineer OfficerCornish City +
BritishWelsh, James Anthony, Merchant Navy50CookCornish City +
BritishWenger, Percival Ernest, Merchant Navy22Assistant StewardCornish City +
BritishWilliams, Murray Walker, Merchant Navy19ApprenticeCornish City +
BritishWilson, John Evelyn Ladley, Merchant Navy23CookCornish City +

38 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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