In Memory Of
WAPENAAR, CLAUDIUS BARTHELOMENS
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Fireman and Trimmer
Unit:
S.S. "Thornaby"
Regiment:
Mercantile Marine
Date of Death:
1916-02-28
Cause of Death:
Killed by mine, Thornaby, on a voyage from Marbella to West Hartlepool with a cargo of iron ore, was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-3 (Erwin Wa?ner), 2 miles NE from the Shipwash lightvessel. 19 persons were lost
Commemoration
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Hendrik Albertus Wapenaar and Magdalena Catherina Wapenaar, of Calitzdorp, Cape Province, South Africa
