Talk:Sinking of the SS City of Benares

The Children on Board the SS City of Benares
There were 100 children onboard the City of Benares, 90 of whom were traveling under the CORB scheme. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 81 of these children. Here are their names:

CORB CHILDREN WHO DIED AT SEA OR PRESUMED LOST:
 * 1) Patrica Allen (12) of Liverpool
 * 2) Robert Baker (12) of Southall
 * 3) Kathleen Beatrice Barrett (12) of Southall
 * 4) Edna Doreen Beesley (10) of London
 * 5) Phyllis Eileen Beesley (12) of London
 * 6) Vera Ellen D. Beesley (13) of London
 * 7) Michael John Brooker (10) of Kent
 * 8) Enid Evelyn Butlin (13) of Hillingdon
 * 9) James Reginald Came (13) of Cardiff
 * 10) Lewis Victor Came (11) of Cardiff
 * 11) Beryl Irene Carr (8) of Southall
 * 12) Michael John Chase (12) of Twickenham
 * 13) Sheila Astrid Chase (14) of Twickenham
 * 14) George Geoffrey Crawford (14) of Sunderland
 * 15) Pauline Mary Crawley (11) of Edgeware
 * 16) Sheila Anne Crawley (9) of Edgeware
 * 17) Vivian Cynthia Dadds (14) of Twickenham
 * 18) Maureen Margaret Dixon (10) of Sunderland
 * 19) Barbera Ruth Fairhead (10) of Teddington
 * 20) Jean Forster (11) of Bournemouth
 * 21) Christoper Robin Goodfellow (8) of Wembley
 * 22) Derek Charles Goodfellow (13) of Wembley
 * 23) Agusta E. Grimmond (13) of Brixton
 * 24) Constance J. Grimmond (9) of Brixton
 * 25) Edward Grimmond (8) of Brixton
 * 26) Leonard A. Grimmond (5) of Brixton
 * 27) Violet C. Grimmond (10) of Brixton
 * 28) James Wilfred Harrington (7) of Wembley
 * 29) Patricia Doreen Harrington (8) of Wembley
 * 30) Bruce John Hillyard (11) of Wembley
 * 31) Jeffrey Hillyard (8) of Wembley
 * 32) Joan Anne Florence Irving (15) of Liverpool
 * 33) Joyce Mary Keeley (6) of Brixton
 * 34) Derek Leigh (11) of Sunderland
 * 35) Margaret Eleanor Lloyd (14) of Cardiff
 * 36) Nesta Lloyd (12) of Cardiff
 * 37) Audrey Mansfield (8) of Wembley
 * 38) Robin Miller (8) of Southall
 * 39) Phillip Langford Mollard (6) of Liverpool
 * 40) William Robert Moon (10) of Wembley
 * 41) Aileen Sybil Moss (12) of Newport
 * 42) Marion Audrey Moss (10) of Newport
 * 43) Rita Ann Moss (8) of Newport
 * 44) Audrey Muncey (13) of London
 * 45) Ailsa Burgess Murphy (10) of Liverpool
 * 46) Beryl Myatt (9) of Hillingdon
 * 47) Dorothy Sheila Nolan (12) of Southall
 * 48) Patricia Nolan (8) of Southall
 * 49) John Pemberton (10) of Newport
 * 50) Rodger James Poole (11) of Newport
 * 51) Charles Horace Pugh (12) of Liverpool
 * 52) Donald James Pugh (11) of Liverpool
 * 53) John Albert Pugh (14) of Liverpool
 * 54) Anita Mary Rees (14) of Newport
 * 55) William Eric Rees (12) of Newport
 * 56) Colenso Mackenzie Rodda (6) of Uxbridge
 * 57) Layton George Ryman (9) of Cardiff
 * 58) Peter Short (5) of Sunderland
 * 59) Edith Smith (13) of Sunderland
 * 60) Irene Smith (11) of Sunderland
 * 61) Henry Smoolovitch (10) of Wembley
 * 62) James Thomas Spencer (5) of Liverpool
 * 63) Joan Margaret Spencer (9) of Liverpool
 * 64) John Onslow Spencer-Davies (9) of Brixton
 * 65) Rosemary Winifred Spencer-Davies (15) of Brixton
 * 66) Anthony Ralph Taylor (6) of London
 * 67) June Margaret Taylor (9) of London
 * 68) Marion Winifred Thorne (7) of Wembley
 * 69) Betty Unwin (12) of Liverpool
 * 70) Gordon Walsh (10) of Liverpool
 * 71) Ann Jordeson Watson (6) of Sunderland
 * 72) Thomas William Watson (9) of Sunderland
 * 73) Peter John Willis (12) of London (known as Lloyd)
 * 74) Dorothy Gertrude Wood (9) of Sunderland

CORB CHILDREN WHO DIED ON HMS Hurricane
 * 1) Alan John Capel (5) of Hanworth (died during rescue)
 * 2) Derek Stanley Carr (10) of Southall
 * 3) Terrence Brian Holmes (10) of Wembley (died in the evening)

CORB CHILDREN RESCUED BY HMS Hurricane
 * 1) John Baker (7) of Southall (Brother dead)
 * 2) Elizabeth May Cummings (14) of Liverpool
 * 3) Jack Sidney Keeley (9) of Brixton (Sister dead)
 * 4) Rex Ernest Thorne (13) of Wembley (Sister dead)
 * 5) Bess Annie Walder (15) of London (Brother saved)
 * 6) Louis Bernard Walder (10) of London (Sister saved)
 * 7) Eleanor Mary Wright (13) of Sunderland

CORB CHILDREN RESCUED BY HMS Anthony
 * 1) Derek Alfred Capel (12) of Hanworth (Brother dead)
 * 2) Howard Francis Claytor (11) of Middlesex
 * 3) Paul Shearing (11) of Bournemouth
 * 4) William Cunningham Short (9) of Sunderland (Brother dead)
 * 5) Kenneth John Sparks (13) of Wembley
 * 6) Harry Frederick Steels (11) of Eastleigh

PRIVATE PASSENGER CHILDREN WHO DIED
 * 1) John Lawrence Croasdaile (2) of Southampton (Mother and sister dead)
 * 2) Patricia Joan Croasdaile (9) of Southampton (Mother and brother dead)
 * 3) Dorothy Galliard (15) of Chesire (Schoolfriend saved - mother of schoolfriend dead)
 * 4) Diana Pine (6) of Norfolk (Mother dead)

PRIVATE PASSENGER CHILDREN RESCUED BY HMS Hurricane
 * 1) Barbara Bech (14) of Bognor Regis (Brother, sister, and mother saved)
 * 2) Derek Bech (9) of Bognor Regis (sisters and mother saved)
 * 3) Sonia Bech (11) of Bognor Regis (Brother, sister, and mother saved)
 * 4) Patricia Bulmer (14) of Wallasey (Schoolfreind and mother dead)
 * 5) Anthony Meredith Quinton (15) of Kent (Mother saved)
 * 6) Edward Colin Ryder Richardson (11) of Abergavenny

Seafarer 1940 (talk) 17:38, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Inaccuracies
Hey, guys! I read that on U-boat.net 407 people were on board and 260 of them died. Why does this page say that there were 406 people on the boat and that 258 of them died?! Also, Uboat.net says the ship sank on September 18, not September 17! I will be changing this soon! SS Titan 1782 (talk) 14:08, 7 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello SS Titan 1782, there were in fact 406 people on board. Although uboat.net reports that there were 407 people on board, there were actually 406. I have researched this shipwreck for quite some time and Uboat.net and a only one book (that only mentions the sinking) are the only sources I found that reported 260 deaths out of 407. Tom Nagorski, who is the nephew of the Polish passenger named Bohdan Nagorski, has written a book about this tragedy called Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-boat Attack, which I recommend reading if you are interested in this event (along with Torpedoed by Deborah Heiligman and Children of the Benares by Ralph Barker). These books along with records of the Nuremberg War Trial state that 258 out of 406 on board died.
 * As for the dates, Uboat.net has also recorded this wrong. These books, survivor accounts, newspapers, condolences from the Children's Overseas Reception Board, and the log from U-48, all state that the ship sank on September 17, 1940. The log and the books also agree that the ship was hit at 22.03 hours and sank at 22.34 hours, which, converted to 12 hour time, would be 10:03 PM and 10:34 PM.
 * Regards, Seafarer 1940 (talk) 15:16, 7 March 2022 (UTC)