Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Grossel
In memory of:
Second Cook and Baker George Grossel
April 15, 1918
Military Service
29
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Pomeranian (Glasgow, Scotland) (85193)
Additional Information
January 1, 1889
Hatcham, Surrey, England
Son of George Grossel and Wilhelmina Mathis of Hackney Road, London, England.
Brother of Private William Christophe Grossel killed in action on 9 August 1917 near Arras, France, while serving with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), British Army, regimental number GS62320, Private John Peter Grossel of the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Campbridge's Own), regimental number G31313, and Private Henry Arthur Grossel who served with the Australian Imperial Force. Both survived the war.
This steam and sail cargo ship was torpedoed by UC-77 on 15 April 1918 in the English Channel 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Portland Bill, England. A total of 55 people lost their lives.
Commemorated on Page 32 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 3.
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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