Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.135 | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 12C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: SS Apapa |
Built in 1914 at 7,832 tons for Elder, Dempster & Company, a mail carrying company based in Liverpool. APAPA had a cargo of silver specie and ivory. There was some salvage in the 1970's. |
| Action : SS Apapa, Sinking of |
"Apapa" was defensively-armed and on 28 November 1917, 3 miles N by E from Lynas Point, near Amlwch, Anglesey, she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a German submarine. 77 lives were lost and there were 64 survivors. Apapa was sunk by the German submarine U-96 while the steamer was on a voyage from Lagos for Liverpool carrying passengers and general cargo.
Detail :
Although it requires further evidence, there is good reason to suggest that Tom was killed at sea in the action against R.M.S. Apapa on the 28th November 1917.
APAPA SS was a 7,832grt, defensively armed British Merchant Ship built in 1914 and owned by the Elder-Demster Line. On the 28th November 1917 when 3 miles N by E from Lynas Point, Anglesey, North Wales she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-96. 77 lives lost. See more at: Wrecksite EU. Unfornately, he is not named in the casualty list, but a corresponding probate record for his home town of Wimborne, ties only the name to a recovered body which was buried in W
Probate SMITH Tom of Brookside Wimborne Dorsetshire died 28 November 1917 at sea Probate London 29 August to John Smith builder and Richard Henry Smith taxi-cab driver. Effects £7047 2s 9d.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Lodge of St Cuthberga No. 622 E.C. | Dorset |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
2nd March 1914 | 30th March 1914 | 5th April 1915 |
Recorded as a Colonial Civil Servant resident in London upon his initiation in 1914.
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