Every Name a Story

C. Cresswell 1918
Rank : Second Engineer

South Shields

Corbett  Cresswell

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On the Tower Hill Memorial is the name of Second Engineer Corbett Cresswell, serving on S.S. Arca (London) with the Mercantile Marine who died 02/10/1918.

The son of Wonford and Charlotte Cresswell (nee Clayton), of 32, Ashley Road, South Shields. He was born at South Shields.

He was born at South Shields 1st February 1893.

In 1901 he was residing at 115 Stanhope Road, and by 1911 had moved to Ashleigh Road.

He was aboard the SS Arca, 4,839grt, defensively-armed, a British tanker carrying benzene from Philadelphia to Portishead, when it was torpedoed on the 2nd October 1918 by UC-118.  There were 52 casualties

Corbett Cresswell is remembered at Harton on H104.03 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Corbett

Last Name: Cresswell

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 02/10/1918

Age: 24

Rank: Second Engineer

Regiment: Mercantile Marine

Unit/Ship: S.S. Arca (London)

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