Williams, S J Q

Name on memorial: Williams, S J Q
Memorial panel: Centre
Full name: Stuart John Quare Williams
Rank: Cadet
Service details: S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands), Merchant Navy
Age at death: 17
Date of death: 02/12/1942
Birth place: West Derby
Parents: George Charles and Mabel Williams, of Putney, London
Mother's maiden name: Harrison
Parents' marriage details: West Derby Dec-23
Wife: unknown
Wife's maiden name: unknown
Marriage details: unknown
Cemetery: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Additional information: Source: http://www.grahamtall.co.uk
At 22.06 hours on 6 Dec, 1942, in the Mid-Atlantic, the Serooskerk (Master D. de Boer), was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-155 and stopped. The ship had been spotted at 19.50 hours on a zigzag course. A first strike at 23.17 hours struck in the stern, but the ship settled only a bit. She sank within two minutes after being hit amidships by the coup de grâce at 23.55 hours. Apparently the torpedo had hit at deck level, probably wounding and killing many of the crewmen and destroying the lifeboats because despite of the long time between the attacks no survivors were seen to abandon ship. Stuart Williams was most likely a passenger aboard the Serooskerk, bound ultimately for another ship.

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