Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Edward Frank Bissell
In memory of:
Fireman and Trimmer Edward Frank Bissell
May 20, 1941
Military Service
25
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Rothermere (St. John'S, Newfoundland) (172631)
Merchant Marine Medal
Additional Information
April 1, 1916
West Hartlepool, Durham, England
Son of Edward Bissell and Florrie Billyard of West Hartlepool, Co. Durham. Husband of Emma Goodchild of Hartlepool. Father of Edward Frank Bissell. In the First World War, Edward served as a sailor on HMS York (90), serial number 10216. He survived the war.
On May 20, 1941, she was sailing with convoy HX-126 which had dispersed when at 5:29 p.m., the Rothermere was torpedoed by U-98 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland. The Rothermere sank after receiving her Coup de grace at 5:56 p.m., position 57°48'N/41°36'W. Her captain and 21 crew members lost their lives. The remaining 29 sailors, four gunners and one passenger were recovered by the Icelandic ship SS Bruarfoss and landed in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Commemorated on Page 268 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom
Panel 88.
THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.
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