Bob Coulson Posted 23 April , 2005 Share Posted 23 April , 2005 This man is named on a local memorial as George Calligon - SS Aquitania. Tried various variations on the surname on CWGC but no luck. Any thoughts appreciated. By the way the memorial is to those who died only, not all who served. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.f Posted 23 April , 2005 Share Posted 23 April , 2005 BOB Have you tried different spellings?Living in Bristol I find that ,often upper-class people,who at that ime were in positions of power,haled from either other areas or other schools,whot talked different.One of the results of this is that people,who should have known better,got spelling wrong. Just a thought. CHEERS. JOHN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.r.f Posted 23 April , 2005 Share Posted 23 April , 2005 BOB I HAVE LOOKED IN THE NAVAL RECORDS OF THE MEMORIALS FOR chatham plymouth portsmouth and tower hill. Iwas unable to find him on any of these. Sorry. I think he was a merchant man. Sorry cant help.Please let us know when you find out. CHEERS/ JOHN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltaxman Posted 23 April , 2005 Share Posted 23 April , 2005 I've had a quick look around the ol' web and found this..... SS Aquitania It seems she was a civvy ship but used to transport troops. If I find anything else, I'll pop it on here. Les. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eviltaxman Posted 23 April , 2005 Share Posted 23 April , 2005 Just found this -- Aquaitania As she was owned by Cunard, maybe an e-mail or letter to them may help track this chap down?!?! Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Soul Posted 23 April , 2005 Share Posted 23 April , 2005 Bob, I think what you are dealing with here may be a Mercantile Marine man who died of natural causes during the war and was thus not entitled to War Graves recognition. The only way that men (or women) serving in a civilian capacity on the SS Aquitania would be commemorated would have been if they were killed in action.......and it survived the war. I have come across a couple of similar instances myself and they are a bit frustrating. The best way to investigate him further would be to look him up in the Overseas G.R.O Death Indexes for the MN (someone who tracks this particular Forum section has fairly ready access - so a fresh post may be appropriate !). This will give year of death and confirm his ship...........and give a Death Certificate reference which you can then order up. Hope this helps. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coulson Posted 24 April , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2005 Andy, Les, John, Thanks for your input, the merchant man who died of natural causes sounds plausible will follow up on your suggestions. Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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