David Anderson Allan

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: N/A
  • Rank: Chief Engineer
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Mexico City
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death: 48
  • Date of Death: 05.02.1918
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
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  • Mother:

    Charlotte Allan

  • Father:

    John Allan

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Mary Lawson Allan (nee Clark), 1 Leebank Tce, Broughty Ferry

  • Children:

    2 Sons (names unknown)

More about David Anderson Allan

David was serving aboard  S.S. Mexico City which was a 5,078grt, defensively-armed British Merchant ship built in 1896 by Sunderland Shipbuilding Co for W. Lund, London as the S. S. NARRUNG  as a passenger/cargo vessel. In 1913 she was purchased by Eng Hok Fung SS Co. and renamed Mexico City.

 

On the 5th February 1918 when 15 miles W by S ½ S from South Stack, Holyhead, Wales she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine U-101. 29 lives lost including Master. Vessel was on route from Liverpool to Alexandria with a general cargo.

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour

David Anderson Allan   Chief Engineer

BROUGHTY ENGINEER PRESUMED DROWNED.

Mrs Allan, Lea Bank, West Ferry, has received intimation that her husband, Chief Engineer David Anderson Allan, is presumed to have drowned at sea.

Deceased has been missing since 5th February, on which date the vessel he was serving on was torpedoed and sunk.  He was well known in the district, and is survived by a widow and two sons.

Dundee Courier 5th April 1918

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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