Activity Sheet 9 overboard! Man1 Using the internet, go to convoyweb.org.uk. a. Under the heading ‘Key’, click on War Dead 1939-1945 b. In the box on the top right, marked ‘Vessel’, enter ENGLISH TRADER. c. Click Submit. 2 How many crew men from the English Trader are listed here?

3 Click on each surname and read and record the information about them in the table:

First Name: Occupation: Age: Married/Single: Surname:

4 Now go to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website cwgc.org. a. Enter each man’s surname and initial in the boxes on the right of the web page. b. Select Merchant Navy and Second World War and click on Search.

5 Where is the memorial to these men? 6 Now go to benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill. This is a website that includes photographs of all the entries on the Memorial to Merchant Seamen. Nearly 24,000 merchant seamen and fishermen were killed during the Second World War. a. Click on WW2 Ships A-F. b. Scroll down and click on Empress of Scotland to Eros, which includes English Trader. c. Scroll down until you findEnglish Trader.

Does this information match the information on the ConvoyWeb website list? 7 YES NO (See questions 1 and 2 above to help.)

8 Read one of the newspaper articles about the rescue: a. Information sheet 10: Escaped, back to save 44 b. Information sheet 11: Sailors saved at second attempt c. Information sheet 12: Joe Biss shouted last wisecrack as wave swept him away

9 How many men do these newspaper articles say were swept overboard from the SSEnglish Trader? Activity Sheet 9 overboard! One of the newspaper articles gives the name of the man who is not mentioned on the Tower Hill Memorial. Man10 Who is he?

Look at Information sheet 9: SS English Trader crew list 20 October 1941 and find the information about this man. 11 Record the information about this man below.

Age: Surname: First Name: Occupation: Married/Single:

12 What else does the SS English Trader Crew List tell us about the man who is not named on the memorial?

13 Why do you think his name is not included on the official memorial? Should it be?

14 Draw your memorial design to remember the six men who died during the rescue.