SS Thames - 14th August 1917
Sunk by gunfire from German submarine UC-55 on route
Fecamp from Middlesborough with a cargo of pig iron..
10 lives lost
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John Charles
Erskine - First Engineer - Age 34
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Louisa
Erskine, 30 Eastfield St., Sunderland.
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James Hunter - Fireman
- Age 51
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Born Sunderland.
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Husband of Annie
Hunter, 23 Maltings Rigg, Sunderland
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T McDonald - Second
Mate
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Recorded in Newcastle
Weekly Chronicle as resident of
Sunderland.
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William George
Pescod - Fireman - Age 43
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Born Shotton
Colliery.
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Son of the late
Robert & Jane Pescod.
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Recorded in Newcastle
Weekly Chronicle as resident of
Sunderland.
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Samuel Wright - Second
Mate - Age 42
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Born Ireland.
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Served under the
name MacDonald
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Son of the late
Samuel and Charlotte Wright.
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Husband of Honor
Wright (nee Feeney) 10 Villiers St. Sunderland.
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