Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tower Hill Memorial | London | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.131 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 32C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Born at Lincoln, son of James and the late Mary A. Parkinson; husband of Gertrude Parkinson, of 259, St. Vincent St., South Shields.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: SS Clearfield |
| Action : Naval Campaign |
Naval Campaign is defined as to include all sea operations where attrition rates are in ones and twos and which do not fall within specific naval battles such as Jutland, Coronel, Falklands etc. This includes Merchant Navy losses.
Detail :
Presumed drowned on the 23rd October, 1916. His body has no known grave and he is, therefore, commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill.
The date of his presumed drowning corresponds with an action on the SS Clearwater by U-55, captained by Wilhelm Werner, where the ship was sunk off Flannan Island, Outer Hebrides. She was en route from Invergordon to Hampshire Roads, U.S.A. The cost was 36 casualties (all hands). See more at: Wrecksite EU.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Hadrian No. 1970 E.C. | Durham |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
2nd April 1912 | 4th February 1913 | 19th September 1914 |
Listed as a 32 year old Marine Engineer from South Shields. The 1918 column of the contribution record shows "Lost at Sea" after showing 2 years of arrears 1917-1918, indicating the Lodge perhaps had not known he had died in 1916.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley