Commemorated:

1. Memorial:Tower Hill Memorial London
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.133
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour25B GQS
    

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Family :

Son of the late Richard and Dorothy Roberts; husband of Winifred Roberts (nee Thomas), of 1, Lombard St., Portmadoc. Born at Criccieth.

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Unit / Ship / Est.: SS Merton Hall 

Wrecksite EU: Built by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd., Newcastle in 1889 and owned at the time of her loss by Hall Line, Ltd., Liverpool. She was a defensively-armed British steamer of 4,327 tons. Formerly SS Knight Templar and renamed Merton Hall.

Action : SS Merton Hall, Sinking of 

Wrecksite EU: MERTON HALL CARGO SHIP 1889-1918 - On February 11th, 1918, Merton Hall, on a voyage from New York to La Pallice with a cargo of Steel, was she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by the German submarine U-53 (Hans Rose), 30 miles NxW from Ushant (Ouessant). 57 persons were lost including Master. [HMSO, British Merchant Shipping (Losses) WW1]

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Madoc No. 1509 E.C.North Wales

Initiated
Passed
Raised
3rd June 1913
4th April 1916
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Listed as a 40 year old Master Mariner from Portmadoc at the time of his initiation in 1913. The contribution register shows that he "Drowned 11th Feb/18."


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