Every Name a Story

H.C. Schier 1917
Rank : Third Engineer

Whitley Bay

Herman Carl  Schier

Every Name a Story

On Tower Hill Memorial is the name of Third Engineer Herman Carl Schier, serving on S.S. Claverley (Newcastle) with the Mercantile Marine, who died 20/08/1917.

The son of Catherine Louisa Fortune (formerly Schier), of 81, Jesmond Terrace, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, and the late George Emil Schier. He was born at Newcastle upon Tyne.

In Whitley Bay (Hartley South) Cemetery is a family headstone which reads:

In loving memory of
Mother
Catherine Louisa Fortune
Died 27th Aug. 1918

Also her son
Herman Carl Schier (M.N.)
Died 20th Aug. 1917.

Herman Carl Schier is remembered in the Mercantile Marine  Roll of Honour 1917  and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Herman Carl

Last Name: Schier

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 20/08/1917

Age: 25

Rank: Third Engineer

Regiment: Mercantile Marine

Unit/Ship: S.S. Claverley (Newcastle)

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