215240 Able.Sea. James Black Merchant Navy SS Carperby (d.1st March 1942) James Black died age 22 whilst serving onboard the S.S. Carperby (West Hartlepool) which was torpedoed and sunk by U-588 about 420 miles S of Newfoundland. None of her complement of 40 survived, 3 of the men were from Jarrow. James was the son of Alexander E. and Elizabeth Black (nee Curran) of Jarrow
James is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial.
His name was missing off the old plaque in the Town Hall
Additional Information: | Robert Henry Thompson
Birth March.04.1925 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England.
Death 1.March.1942 Deck Boy on the S.S. Carperby [West Hartlepool)Yvonne
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