He was lost on the S. S. Ludgate, 3,708grt, which was a defensively armed Merchant Ship , 26th July 1917, 2 miles S from Galley Head, mined and sunk, 24 lives lost including the Master.
William Sheel is remembered in Sunderland on S140.005 S140.017 S140.048 Part 8 page 177 S140.082, in Barnard Castle on B135.20 and on our List of Ships’ crews
Northern Echo 19/10/2014
The CWGC entry for 2nd Engineer Sheel
