Age:
MERCANTILE MARINE
Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London).
Ship Occupation: Assistant Cook.
Service To: British Army (Forces War Records).
*
Died: Thursday, 21 February 1918
___
First Name: W
Surname: Arlow
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/02/1918
Rank: Assistant Cook
Service: British Army
Regiment: Mercantile Marine
Battalion: SS "Rio Verde" (London)
Mercantile Marine - World War 1
(Source: Forces War Records).
Burial: 25.1.1918.
Interment No: 37.
________
Casualty of the Great War.
One of 5 casualties from the sinking of this ship buried in this Parish churchyard.
The Ship Master and 19 of his Crew perished, all departed this life on the 21.2.1918.
His ship was a defensively-armed British Merchant ship built in 1901 as the S.S.Austriana but renamed in 1915.
She was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-86 when 4 miles West from Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway.
MEDALS
Mercantile Marine War Medal.
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI - (Dead Man's Penny).
MERCANTILE MARINE
Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London).
Ship Occupation: Assistant Cook.
Service To: British Army (Forces War Records).
*
Died: Thursday, 21 February 1918
___
First Name: W
Surname: Arlow
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/02/1918
Rank: Assistant Cook
Service: British Army
Regiment: Mercantile Marine
Battalion: SS "Rio Verde" (London)
Mercantile Marine - World War 1
(Source: Forces War Records).
Burial: 25.1.1918.
Interment No: 37.
________
Casualty of the Great War.
One of 5 casualties from the sinking of this ship buried in this Parish churchyard.
The Ship Master and 19 of his Crew perished, all departed this life on the 21.2.1918.
His ship was a defensively-armed British Merchant ship built in 1901 as the S.S.Austriana but renamed in 1915.
She was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-86 when 4 miles West from Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway.
MEDALS
Mercantile Marine War Medal.
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI - (Dead Man's Penny).
Age:
MERCANTILE MARINE
Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London).
Ship Occupation: Assistant Cook.
Service To: British Army (Forces War Records).
*
Died: Thursday, 21 February 1918
___
First Name: W
Surname: Arlow
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/02/1918
Rank: Assistant Cook
Service: British Army
Regiment: Mercantile Marine
Battalion: SS "Rio Verde" (London)
Mercantile Marine - World War 1
(Source: Forces War Records).
Burial: 25.1.1918.
Interment No: 37.
________
Casualty of the Great War.
One of 5 casualties from the sinking of this ship buried in this Parish churchyard.
The Ship Master and 19 of his Crew perished, all departed this life on the 21.2.1918.
His ship was a defensively-armed British Merchant ship built in 1901 as the S.S.Austriana but renamed in 1915.
She was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-86 when 4 miles West from Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway.
MEDALS
Mercantile Marine War Medal.
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI - (Dead Man's Penny).
MERCANTILE MARINE
Ship: S.S Rio Verde (London).
Ship Occupation: Assistant Cook.
Service To: British Army (Forces War Records).
*
Died: Thursday, 21 February 1918
___
First Name: W
Surname: Arlow
Nationality: British
Date of Death: 21/02/1918
Rank: Assistant Cook
Service: British Army
Regiment: Mercantile Marine
Battalion: SS "Rio Verde" (London)
Mercantile Marine - World War 1
(Source: Forces War Records).
Burial: 25.1.1918.
Interment No: 37.
________
Casualty of the Great War.
One of 5 casualties from the sinking of this ship buried in this Parish churchyard.
The Ship Master and 19 of his Crew perished, all departed this life on the 21.2.1918.
His ship was a defensively-armed British Merchant ship built in 1901 as the S.S.Austriana but renamed in 1915.
She was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-86 when 4 miles West from Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway.
MEDALS
Mercantile Marine War Medal.
Memorial Death Plaque Of WWI - (Dead Man's Penny).
Inscription
Asst. Cook
W. ARLOW
S. S. Rio Verde
21st February 1918
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