My grandad (Maurice Powell Shillito)

[Jenny Mcelroy]

Hi I,m Jenny I,m looking for any information about my grandad Maurice Powell Shillito i know he served on the housman when it was struck,,, he then went on to work for shell oil for many years at some point he was the super cargo on one of there tankers if anyone has any info or anything u can tell me it wud be appreciated thanks .

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Jenny
To start here is a Link to his Seamans Pouch which will have basic info.
You will need his CRS10 for his full Service Record also available from Kew.
The Pouch you can order online,the CRS10 is best if one can get to Kerw in person
Hope this will help
Thanks for joining and for the question.
Cheers

https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C9450991

I will look up the Link for the CRS10 soon and post for you.

Here is a Link as well for the Ship Empire Housman (Crew List) if you are interested
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C11070662

Link for his CRS10 here
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C10989849

[Ron B Manderson]

Jenny, Welcome to the site
I'm sure you will be bombed with Info soon
Ron The batcave

[Jenny Mcelroy]

Thanks I have just found his pouch number after a lot of googling also a lot of basic information that I never knew so I feel like I,m getting somewhere at least ..

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I hope so I wud really love to hear something about him ,, as he died when i was 6 and he was quite a character from wat i remember

[Jenny Mcelroy]

So I just found him uboat.net as being on the athelviscount when he was 18 yrs old which I didn't know about ,, we have a picture of the housman and I was always led to believe he was on that boat maybe he was on both athelviscount was 1942 and the housman was 1943 so it cud be possible I,m very intrigued at this point

[Doc Vernon]

If you proceed and get his Seamans papers Jenny that would tell you most all you want to know,just as said follow the Links i have given.
Cheers

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Jenny.
You may have this info. The Empire Housman was torpedoed on the 31 Dec 1943, She didn't sink.she was then torpedoed again on the 31 of Jan 1944 and sunk
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Hi Jenny.
You may have this info. The Empire Housman was torpedoed on the 31 Dec 1943, She didn't sink.she was then torpedoed again on the 31 of Jan 1944 and sunk
Cheers Des

Longtime between torpedoes, was it a slow loading and firing sub???