CREW OF THE S.S. KILDALE
Post date: Mar 07, 2016 4:31:59 PM
All six were killed when the engine room took a direct hit from a Heinckel bomber in the North Sea.
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WARING, JoshuaFirst Engineer, Merchant Navy, S.S. Kildale
Born 13/01/1897, Hooton Roberts, Rotherham
Died 03/02/1940
Buried on 13/02/1940
Son of Walter Henry and Florence Waring
Husband of May Waring of 19 Viewforth Drive, Sunderland (Married 1928, Sunderland)
1901 – living in Hooton Roberts, with parents and sister Kathleen. Father is a manager of stone quarries
1911 – living in Conisborough, with widowed grandmother Mary Simpson
ALLAN, Wallace (Monty)Second Engineer, Merchant Navy, S.S. Kildale
Born 1891 in Sunderland
Died 03/02/1940
Buried on 13/02/1940
Husband of Flo Wilson
Wallace was the son of Mr James Allan, the Hylton Road school teacher who founded in 1879 what is now Sunderland A.F.C. He went to sea at the age of 21 and described the sea as his second home.
His wife reported that he had led an exciting career. He was taken prisoner from a deep sea ship and was in Germany for four and a half years. “He never talked about his experiences during that time – I think they were so unpleasant he wanted to forget about them.”
He repeatedly ran the Franco blockade for nearly two years and came through it without a scratch.
The newspapers reported that Wallace had intended to leave the Kildale for some time, not giving up the sea to get a job ashore like his wife had wanted, but to secure another ship in the North-East.
In his last letter home, three days before the attack on the Kildale, he wrote,
“I expect to leave the Kildale at the weekend; have a nice Sunday dinner ready for me.” Sadly, he did indeed leave the Kildale at the weekend, but not to return home.
DOUGHTY, Albert EdwardFourth Engineer, Merchant Navy, S.S. Kildale
Born 1920
Died 03/02/1940
Lived with his parents at Fashoda, 3 Abbey Church Lane, Whitby. He had been 11 months on the Kildale and had sailed safely over 15,000 miles. Before going to sea, he had served his apprenticeship to motor engineering at a garage in Whitby. His father was a carpenter on board the Kildale and had arrived home for a brief holiday only two days before the vessel was bombed
ROJAS, Josi Hermogene Leon (or LEON-ROJAS)
Fireman, Merchant Navy, S.S. Kildale
Born 29/05/1898, Quilpue, Chile
Died 03/02/1940
Son of Manuel Santiago Leon and Fidelicia Leon
Last known address: Scorpion Str 32, Antwerp
Merchant Navy record describes him as 5 foot 6 inches tall, with brown eyes, dark hair and complexion, with the Chilean crest on his left arm. Surname is listed as Leon-Rojas on this record.
SORIANO, SinforianoFireman, Merchant Navy, S.S. Kildale
Born 1892, Saragossa, Spain
Died 03/02/1940
His Merchant Navy record dates from 28/11/1923
In the early 1930s, Sinforiano is listed as a crewman on vessels crossing from Antwerp to New York.
In 1932, he is on the Minnewaska, first as a cleaner and later as an attendant
In 1934, he is on the S.S. Nubian, as a fireman and trimmer
Last known address: Ansenui 20, Antwerp
KRITSINIS, Nicolas
Fireman, Merchant Navy, S.S. Kildale
Born 12/02/1907, Crete, Greece
Died 03/02/1940
Merchant Navy records describe Nicolas as 5 foot 6 inches tall, with brown eyes, dark hair and complexion. Records are stamped by Consulate in Antwerp on 10/06/1939
Last known address: Shippers Straat 38, Antwerp
