Seaman's photo

[John Albert Evans]

Julie,

The company still exists but the family conections and ships have all gone.(1st April 1948)

John Kelly Ltd. Belfast. If you google Kelly's Navy you will find a lot of information about John Kelly Ltd.

John

[gray_marian]

#25, Hi Julie, found William under "crew lists" on Ancestry, to be fair I almost always search "All Categories" first, then "All Results" then whittle it down from there. It is time consuming but, it means no stone is left unturned! Presume you have his parents names....

William Wilson in the Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
Name: William Wilson
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1881
Birth Place: Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Father: Robert Wilson
Mother: Elizabeth Scott Wilson
FHL Film Number: 257857

[Julie McLaughlan]

Yes, this is his correct birth Marian. I will try the other link again using crewlists. Thank you

[shaun farley]

hi Julie
i am same as you just found this site as well
i am the great nephew of Sailor Peter Farley killed aged 17 on Dumbarmoor 8th march 1917
my father and i are going to lay a Wreath for him and the Crew at the CWGC on the 8th March 2017 100 years to the day.
not sure if you have been to CWGC their is a plaque on the memorial with all the crew of Dumbarmoor on the road side.
if you are still using this site let me know as my father has a lot more information.
shaun

[j.sabourn]

#34 Shaun the Name Dunbarnmoor caught my eye. Do you know if she was one of Sir Walter Runcimans ships, they all finished in Moor. I have been through my book of British tramps Over 500 pages) but can find no reference to the name. The book however does cover more of the losses during the second world war, I thought I knew all the names of these ships so would be interesting to know if was the same company, who I worked for, for eleven years in my younger days. If the same company they kept Books of rememberance in the vestibule of their office in Pilgrim street Newcastle on Tyne, and they contained all the names of those lost on their ships and covered both world wars I believe. They moved up to Glasgow to Anchor line offices in the mid sixties and assume they took these books with them. I will keep scouring my book of British Tramps by I.G.Stewart especially in the small print, but will be interested to see if is the same company. Best Regards and hope you have future successes in your search of the past. Regards JS

[gray_marian]

#34, Shaun, Julie hasn't been on site since 30th July, probably best if you send her a pm which will be sent to her email address.

[joseph connor]

#9, Well put Ivan, that says it all , joe .

[John F Collier]

Ditto to that Joe and Ivan, I think we all remember our own lost relatives during the two minutes silence, for me remembrance
day is for all of the people who died including the civilians who died in the blitz etc as they were all up against the same enemy.
JC