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War Memorial of the Merchant Navy
London, Greater London, England
Tower Hill Memorial


The men behind the names

Screech, Sharp, Smitheram, Staddon, Staines, Stone, Takle, Taylor, Thomas, Tippett,
Varley, Walters Williams

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The names are taken from other memorials but which are also commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.



Sylvanus Screech
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Able Seaman
abt. 1874
06 February 1918
44
S. S. "Holmtown" (London)
Son of Robert and Caroline Screech,
husband of Clara Louise Screech (formerly Hutchings, nee Shorney),
of 14, New Quay, Appledore, Devon.
Born at Appledore.
Also see the war memorial in Appledore, Devon, England

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James Todd Sharp
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Sailor
abt. 1921
10 April 1942
21
S. S. "Empire Prairie" (Grennock)
Son of James Todd Sharp and Catherine Gilroy Sharp,
of Menstrie, Clackmannanshire.
Also see the war memorial in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

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Norman Smitheram
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Fireman
abt. 1921
16 February 1941
20
S. S. "Kyle Rona" (Glasgow)
Son of Lennard and Florence Smitheram,
husband of Sarah Jane Smitheram,
of The Hague, Holland.
Also see the war memorial in Gwinear, Cornwall, England

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Benjamin Anthony Staddon
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Sailor
abt. 1923
02 July 1941
18
S. S. "Toronto City" (Bristol)
Son of John and M. A. Staddon,
of Frampton Cotterell, Bristol.
Also see the war memorial in Coalpit Heath, South Gloucestershire, England

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John William Ashton Staines
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Cook and O. S.
abt. 1903
30 June 1918
15
S. V. "W. M. L." (Bideford)
Son of George Edward Staines,
of 47, New St., Appledore, Devon,
and the late Elizabeth Grace Staines (nee Bartholomew).
Also see the war memorial in Appledore, Devon, England

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Edgar Stone
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Master
abt. 1889
12 February 1941
52
S. S. "Oswestry Grange" (London)
Son of Crosdaile Martin Stone and Ann Stone,
husband of Emily Stone,
of Appledore, Devon.
Also see the war memorial in Appledore, Devon, England

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Jack Leslie Takle
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Deck Boy
abt. 1925
24 October 1940
15
S. S. "Matina" (Liverpool)
Son of Kate Takle, of Bristol.
Also see the war memorial in Welsh Back, Bristol, England

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John McTaggert Taylor
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Mate
abt.1879
12 March 1917
36
Schooner "Reward" (Swansea)
Son of John Henry Taylor,
of 2, Silver St., Appledore,
and the late Mary Taylor (nee Short).
Born at Appledore.
Also see the war memorial in Appledore, Devon, England

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Titus James Thomas
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Second Mate
abt. 1890
20 October 1916
26
Mercantile Marine, S. S. "Bayreaulx" (London)
Son of Margaret Thomas,
of Park Gwyn, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire.
Born at Dinas Cross.
Also see the war memorial in Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Herbert Charles Edward Tippett
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Deck Boy
abt. 1926
26 September 1941
15
S. S. "Lapwing" (London)
Resided at 4, Pyle Marsh, Redfield
Also see the war memorial in Welsh Back, Bristol, England

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Thomas Henry Varley
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Steward
abt. 1872
04 February 1918
46
S. S. "Treveal" (St. Ives)
Son of the late Albert William and Eliza Varley,
husband of Helen Jane Penhoiwood Varley (nee Shutt),
of 5, Odun Terrace, Appledore, Devon.
Born at Huddersfield.
Also see the war memorial in Appledore, Devon, England

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Thomas James Walters
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Able Seaman
abt. 1885
03 December 1943
57
Merchant Navy, M. V. "Gatinais" (Southampton)
Son of James and Martha Walters,
husband of Martha Elizabeth Walters,
of Dinas Cross. Pembrokeshire.
Also see the war memorial in Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Sydney Miles Williams
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Apprentice
abt. 1901
26 February 1917
16
S. S. "Clan Farquhar" (Glasgow)
Son of William Pugh Williams and Margaretta Jane Williams,
of 18, Greenmore Rd., Knowle, Bristol.
Also see the war memorial in Welsh Back, Bristol, England
Francis Williams
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Ordinary Seaman
abt. 1904
31 December 1939
35
S. S. "Box Hill" (London)
Born in Beaumaris.
Lived in Church Street, Beaumaris.
Also see the war memorial in Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

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