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Unique named WW1 casualty. Navy narrow "H" type
plaque.
Master Ambrose Langley Hunt, Mercantile Marine, SS
Burrsfield |
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SS Burrsfield, 4,037 tons,
built 1902 Sunderland, general cargo. Captured by
German submarine U33 and sunk by gunfire, 70 miles west from
Cape Matapan (Greece), 5th October 1915. Four crew killed
including the Master. The official history refers:
"on the 5th the Bursfield [sic] (4,037 tons) was
overhauled by a submarine seventy miles west of Cape Matapan.
The Master (Mr. A. L. Hunt), the fourth engineer, a messroom
steward, and a fireman were killed by gunfire during the chase
which took place before the vessel was overtaken by the enemy. " |
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Casualty List,
SS Burrsfield |
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Name |
Number (if any), rating/rank
and service |
CWGC |
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| HUNT, Ambrose Langley |
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Master, Mercantile Marine |
Aged 46. Younger son of Ambrose Hunt,
M.D., of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford; husband of Catherine
M. Hunt, of 6, Pump Court, Temple, London, late of Old
Hill House, Westerham, Kent. Lieut., R.N.R., until 1908.
Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial |
| EVANS, Evan David |
Mess Room Steward, Mercantile Marine. |
Aged 14. Son of Catherine Evans, of Lone
Cnwcylili, New Quay, Cardiganshire, and the late Thomas
John Evans. Commemorated Tower Hill Memorial |
| CHIONAS, T. |
Fourth Engineer Officer,
Mercantile Marine. |
Aged 29. Born in Greece. Commemorated
Tower Hill Memorial |
| ANASTASIADIS, V. |
Fireman and Trimmer, Mercantile Marine. |
Aged 36. Born in Greece. Commemorated
Tower Hill Memorial |
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The Ship owners, the Burrsfield Steamship Company went into
liquidation the month following the sinking. London Gazette of
the 30th November 1915 refers:
BURRSFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY Limited (In Liquidation.)
AT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the said
Company, duly convened, and held at 44, Leadenhall Street, in
the city of London, E.C , on the 9th, day of November, 1915, the
following Resolution was duly passed; and at a subsequent
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the said
Company, also duly convened, and held at 44, Leadenhall Street
aforesaid, on the 24th day of November, 1915, the following
Special Resolution was duly confirmed .— " That the Burrsfield
Steamship Company Limited be wound up voluntarily; and that
Henry Turton, of 44, Leadenhall Street, in the city of London,
is hereby appointed the Liquidator to conduct such winding-up "
Dated the 25th day of November, 1915. H. TURTON, Secretary |
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