Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Martin Lee
In memory of:
Seaman Martin Lee
March 3, 1918
Irish Sea
Military Service
35
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Romeo (Hull, England) (82494)
Additional Information
January 1, 1883
Nova Scotia
Son of John Lee. Husband of Harriet Collard of Southwark, London, England.
On 3 March 1918, at 2:40 am, the Romeo was about 10 miles (16 km) south of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by U-102. She sank in less than two minutes north-west of Peel, Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea, position 54°22'N/04°52'W. Of the 37 sailors and gunners, two were recovered by the SS Ardgarvel and landed at Greenock, Scotland. The only other survivor was rescued by a trawler, the Irish patrol vessel Kilgobnet, and brought back to Holyhead, Wales, on 4 March.
Commemorated on Page 43 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
N/A
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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