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My grandmother, Joyce Violet Thomas, was aboard the Staffordshire, and was taken to Stornoway on the Sama. Her aunt took down her account of events from being aboard ship to her return to London, and the file is attached. I'm sure all will find it interesting. My late father added some extra info about the attack and the Sama.Thank you. This is brilliant. I've passed it on to my cousins
Hi ChrisThank you, Tim. That is brilliant
I stumbled across this thread while researching the pilot of a Focke Wulf Condor, which claimed the sinking of a ship on the same date and in the same area as the Staffordshire was attacked on 28 March 1941. There is an image in the photo album belonging to 'my' man, showing a ship under attack and captioned with the aircraft crew names. I am no expert on ships but it looks to me like it could be the Staffordshire. The crew of the aircraft were: Commander Lieutenant Robert Maly, Pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl Gendner, Radio Operator Wiedmann, Radio Operator ? (illegible), Flight Engineer Gollon. The aircraft belonged to 3. Staffel of KG 40.
Best wishes
Tim O.
Hi chrish53
Did you follow up on the link I posted here
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=683035.0
if not goggle search for "English Cemetery Cairo" for other suggestions and this
https://lydiasmithwatsonyear.com/2016/01/17/american-and-british-cemeteries-in-cairo/
Check the address given in this further report (halfway down column 5) against the address you have for the family in 1911. http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4013486/4013489/31/
Would this be your man 3/4 of the way down column 4. http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4114868/4114871/40/
A search throws up references to bandmaster William Howells of Clarence Rd, Llandilo being the father with another son William awarded the military medal.
Edit: The medal card for Private. Henry Howells 4152 Welsh Regiment would appear be a good match for this man given the references in the welsh papers to the Dardanelles, a reported promotion to Lance Corporal, plus the personal recollections.
Something else to bear in mind is that he was born as plain Henry on 4/4/1893 Llandilo - both census he appears in shown him as plain Henry too even though younger siblings are shown with 2 Christian names. It's possible he could have enlisted as plain Henry Howells too.This is quite true, his birth certificate also shows him as just Henry Howells. When the Valentine middle name came in sadly we may never know. However, his marriage certificate and death certificate all show Valentine. He was known as Val, this I know from newspapers where he was shown as attending funerals where he was noted as Val Howells. On one occasion: Val Howells, his wife May and son Spencer (my Dad who was Henry Spencer). Added info. I have looked for Val and Valentine Howells.
Annette
There's a "snippet only" on FindMyPast under "H V Howell, soldier No. 891313" with an Egyptian link