On 22 Feb 1942, the unescorted steam merchant vessel S.S. 'George L. Torian' was en route from Paamaribo in Suriname, South America, for Trinidad, carrying a cargo of bauxite; she was torpedoed by German submarine U-129 and sunk about 120 miles south-southeast of Trinidad. 15 crew members perished and 4 were saved.
Second Cook Pomeroy was a 'George L. Torian' crew member, lost at sea in this attack.
Military Service-
Rank: Second Cook
Age: 32
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'George L. Torian' (St. Catharines, Ontario)
Second Cook Eileen Pomeroy is commemorated on Page 213 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Second Cook Pomeroy is one of eight Canadian Women Mariners killed in action during wartime, and commemorated on a War Memorial Plaque, ceremoniously unveiled on 19 May 2002; it is affixed to an old-fashioned bandstand in Veteran's Park in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. It is believed to be the first world-wide war memorial dedicated to women merchant mariners who died at their posts in the two World Wars.
Those eight Women Mariners are:-
Stewardess Eliza (DEAN) KENNEDY,
Stewardess Jane (FOSTER) JOHNSTONE,
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth OLIPHANT,
Stewardess Hannah Russell (CRAWFORD) BAIRD,
Stewardess Lillie (COOK) GORBELL,
Second Cook Eileen POMEROY,
Stewardess Bride FITZPATRICK and
Second Radio Officer Maude Elizabeth STEANE.
Second Cook Pomeroy was a 'George L. Torian' crew member, lost at sea in this attack.
Military Service-
Rank: Second Cook
Age: 32
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'George L. Torian' (St. Catharines, Ontario)
Second Cook Eileen Pomeroy is commemorated on Page 213 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Second Cook Pomeroy is one of eight Canadian Women Mariners killed in action during wartime, and commemorated on a War Memorial Plaque, ceremoniously unveiled on 19 May 2002; it is affixed to an old-fashioned bandstand in Veteran's Park in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. It is believed to be the first world-wide war memorial dedicated to women merchant mariners who died at their posts in the two World Wars.
Those eight Women Mariners are:-
Stewardess Eliza (DEAN) KENNEDY,
Stewardess Jane (FOSTER) JOHNSTONE,
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth OLIPHANT,
Stewardess Hannah Russell (CRAWFORD) BAIRD,
Stewardess Lillie (COOK) GORBELL,
Second Cook Eileen POMEROY,
Stewardess Bride FITZPATRICK and
Second Radio Officer Maude Elizabeth STEANE.
On 22 Feb 1942, the unescorted steam merchant vessel S.S. 'George L. Torian' was en route from Paamaribo in Suriname, South America, for Trinidad, carrying a cargo of bauxite; she was torpedoed by German submarine U-129 and sunk about 120 miles south-southeast of Trinidad. 15 crew members perished and 4 were saved.
Second Cook Pomeroy was a 'George L. Torian' crew member, lost at sea in this attack.
Military Service-
Rank: Second Cook
Age: 32
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'George L. Torian' (St. Catharines, Ontario)
Second Cook Eileen Pomeroy is commemorated on Page 213 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Second Cook Pomeroy is one of eight Canadian Women Mariners killed in action during wartime, and commemorated on a War Memorial Plaque, ceremoniously unveiled on 19 May 2002; it is affixed to an old-fashioned bandstand in Veteran's Park in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. It is believed to be the first world-wide war memorial dedicated to women merchant mariners who died at their posts in the two World Wars.
Those eight Women Mariners are:-
Stewardess Eliza (DEAN) KENNEDY,
Stewardess Jane (FOSTER) JOHNSTONE,
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth OLIPHANT,
Stewardess Hannah Russell (CRAWFORD) BAIRD,
Stewardess Lillie (COOK) GORBELL,
Second Cook Eileen POMEROY,
Stewardess Bride FITZPATRICK and
Second Radio Officer Maude Elizabeth STEANE.
Second Cook Pomeroy was a 'George L. Torian' crew member, lost at sea in this attack.
Military Service-
Rank: Second Cook
Age: 32
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. 'George L. Torian' (St. Catharines, Ontario)
Second Cook Eileen Pomeroy is commemorated on Page 213 of Canada's Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
Second Cook Pomeroy is one of eight Canadian Women Mariners killed in action during wartime, and commemorated on a War Memorial Plaque, ceremoniously unveiled on 19 May 2002; it is affixed to an old-fashioned bandstand in Veteran's Park in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. It is believed to be the first world-wide war memorial dedicated to women merchant mariners who died at their posts in the two World Wars.
Those eight Women Mariners are:-
Stewardess Eliza (DEAN) KENNEDY,
Stewardess Jane (FOSTER) JOHNSTONE,
Stewardess Mary Elizabeth OLIPHANT,
Stewardess Hannah Russell (CRAWFORD) BAIRD,
Stewardess Lillie (COOK) GORBELL,
Second Cook Eileen POMEROY,
Stewardess Bride FITZPATRICK and
Second Radio Officer Maude Elizabeth STEANE.
Inscription
1942
CREW
POMEROY EILEEN
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