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Monsell, E R E



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Eric Ryder Emly Monsell

Apprentice Eric Ryder Emly Monsell
Mercantile Marine. S.S. "Trewyn" (St Ives)
24/03/1916

Son of Ephraim and Antoinette Monsell, of London House, New Rd., St Sampson's, Guernsey.

Lost, aged 19 years.

The steamship Trewyn, with a cargo of ore from Algiers for Middlesborough, passed Gibralter on March 25th 1916, and was never heard of again. The steamship Governor sighted some wreckage and a lifebuoy bearing the names Trewyn - St. Ives about a week later.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record