Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.131 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 37B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
2nd Engineer
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: SS Okhla |
Wrecksite EU The British SS Okhla struck a mine, laid by German raider SMS Wolf, West of Bombay and sank with the loss of 6 persons. |
| 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 :
Wrecksite EU The British SS Okhla struck a mine, laid by German raider SMS Wolf, West of Bombay and sank with the loss of 6 persons.
PATTERSON, G. DOUGLAS , Second Engineer, SS Okhla, Mercantile Marine, †29/07/1917, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Viator No. 2308 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th August 1916 | 16th September 1916 | - |
Marine Engineer resident at Wandsworth Common in 1916 when made a Freemason. His masonic life was cut short, him only taking the Entered Apprentice and Fellowcrafts degrees. The contribution record of the Lodge shows that he "Died July 1917."
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