Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
James Findlay
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Second Mate
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: S.S. Gemma
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death: Off Bridlington
- Age at Death: 52
- Date of Death: 19/10/1917
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 1865
- Place of Birth: Lochee, Dundee
- Address: 450 John Williamson Street, South Shields.
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Susan Findlay
- Father:
Carnegie Findlay
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Mrs Jessie Findlay (nee Harley) of 450 John Williamson Street, South Shields.
- Children:
More about James Findlay
James Findlay was married to Mrs Jessie Findlay (nee Harley) of 450 John Williamson Street, South Shields. He was the son of Mr Carnegie Findlay and Mrs Susan Findlay and he was born in Lochee, Dundee. In 1915, he served in the following mercantile vessels as Second Mate: SS’s Earlswood, Nettleton and Beaufront. The SS Gemma was the German ship Konigsau, seized as a Prize in 1914 and, in October 1917, was on passage from Blyth, Northumberland to London with a cargo of coal. She was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-21 off Bridlington and, although seventeen crew were saved, three others died in the sinking. James Findlay is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.
Information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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