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Ville d’Arlon

Belgian steam passenger ship




This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the Belgian steam passenger ship Ville d’Arlon.

Aboard Ville d’Arlon when hit on 2 Dec 1940

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NameAgeRankServed on
DutchBlom, Willem, Merchant Navy32Able SeamanVille d’Arlon +
NorwegianBredesen, Fredrik, Merchant Navy42Able SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianBruynseels, August, Merchant NavyFiremanVille d’Arlon +
BritishCaddick, Arthur, Merchant Navy40FiremanVille d’Arlon +
BritishCarmichael, Neil, Merchant Navy26Refrigerator Engineer OfficerVille d’Arlon +
EstonianClockner, Valentin, Merchant NavyFifth Engineer OfficerVille d’Arlon +
CanadianCooper, William, Merchant Navy23Assistant StewardVille d’Arlon +
BelgianDe Clercq, Frans, Merchant NavyAble SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianDe Coninck, Antoine, Merchant NavyCarpenterVille d’Arlon +
BelgianDe Haase, Louis, Merchant NavyOilerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianDe Mesmaeker, Fernand, Merchant NavyChief Engineer OfficerVille d’Arlon +
YugoslavianDimitrijevic, Alexander, Merchant NavySecond OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BritishDocherty, Hugh, Merchant Navy37FiremanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianEverdepoel, Leopold, Merchant NavyFiremanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianFranken, Jan, Merchant NavyOilerVille d’Arlon +
BritishGillandares, George, Merchant Navy26Chief OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianGobart, Jean, Merchant NavyOilerVille d’Arlon +
BritishGrainger, James, Merchant Navy59Assistant StewardVille d’Arlon +
BritishHalligan, George, Merchant Navy37ElectricianVille d’Arlon +
BritishHamill, James, Merchant Navy28Cattle AttendantVille d’Arlon +
BritishHart, William, Merchant Navy40Assistant StewardVille d’Arlon +
BritishHurleston, James, Merchant Navy42Able SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BritishJones, Sidney, Merchant Navy47UtilitymanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianKokken, Alfons, Merchant NavyAble SeamanVille d’Arlon +
CanadianLaval, John, Merchant Navy31Fourth Engineer OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BritishMcClure, George, Merchant Navy55WiperVille d’Arlon +
BelgianMinnie, Bernard, Merchant NavyWatertenderVille d’Arlon +
CanadianMurrins, Joseph, Merchant Navy36Fourth OfficerVille d’Arlon +
DanishPetersen, Svend, Merchant NavyBoatswain (Bosun)Ville d’Arlon +
CanadianPietz, Kenneth, Merchant Navy19First Radio OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianRaymaekers, Frans, Merchant NavyOilerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianRomain, John, Merchant NavyAble SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BritishRuane, Benjamin, Merchant Navy57Cattle ForemanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianSchepens, Louis, Merchant NavyThird Engineer OfficerVille d’Arlon +
DutchSchmitt, August, Merchant NavyUtilitymanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianSegers, Jan, Merchant NavyOilerVille d’Arlon +
BritishSilk, Herbert, Merchant NavyUtilitymanVille d’Arlon +
NorwegianSolevåg, Johan Marius, Merchant Navy45Third OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BritishSpiro, Hyman, Merchant Navy37WiperVille d’Arlon +
BelgianStaes, Fernand, Merchant NavyStorekeeperVille d’Arlon +
FrenchTelemague, Jean, Merchant NavyAssistant StewardVille d’Arlon +
BritishThomson, James, Merchant Navy38UtilitymanVille d’Arlon +
EcuadorianTorres, Hercalio, Merchant NavyWatertenderVille d’Arlon +
CanadianTweedle, William, Merchant Navy19Second Radio OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVan Laer, Jean, Merchant NavyFiremanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVan Oystaeyen, Karel, Merchant NavyWiperVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVan Wuytswinckel, Willem, Merchant NavyOilerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVercaeren, Emiel, Merchant NavySecond Cook and BakerVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVercammen, Jan, Merchant NavyAble SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVerhoeven, Leonard, Merchant NavyAble SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BelgianVermeylen, Victor, Merchant NavyAble SeamanVille d’Arlon +
BritishWalls, John, Merchant Navy41Second Engineer OfficerVille d’Arlon +
BritishWatson, Alfred, Merchant NavyPassenger (DBS)Ville d’Arlon +
BritishWeedall, Arthur, Merchant Navy34Chief CookVille d’Arlon +
BelgianWielandt, Alois, Merchant NavyWatertenderVille de Gand, Ville d’Arlon +
CanadianWilding, Albert, Merchant Navy60MasterVille d’Arlon +
CzechoslovakianZiegler, Emmanuel, Merchant NavyStewardVille d’Arlon +

57 persons found.

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