Record of Death of Merchant Seaman 1942


Surname Herring
Other Names Walter
  N/K [Next of Kin] Wife, Frances, S/A
Address 3, Crystal Avenue, Wyndham Street, Hull
Ship S/S "Siris"
Official Number 143433
Port of Registry London
Birthplace Hull England
Rank or Rating Chief Steward
Date of Death 29-7-42
Place of Death Civil & Military Hospital, St Vincent
Age at Death 36
Cause of Death Exhaustion & Bronchial pneumonia directly due to exposure in lifeboat
Register Entry Year: 1942; Month: Aug; Page: 12
Cause of Death Pneumonia following exposure
Register Entry Year: 1942; Month: Oct; Page: 41


Source: National Maritime Museum; Greenwich, England; Merchant Seamen Deaths at Sea
Source: Ancestry.com. UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 - 1953