Back to Listing / Search...

We need you to tell us more about the life and times of John Sydie Smith

John Sydie Smith

Click to enlarge

S.S. Lorle

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no:
  • Rank: Third Engineer
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Lorle
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Lost at Sea
  • Age at Death: 28
  • Date of Death: 11.06.1918
  • Burial Country:
  • Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 1890
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Catherine Smith

  • Father:

    John Smith

  • Siblings:
  • Spouse:

    Janet Menzies Smith (nee Alexander) Towerhill House, Newburgh, Fife.

  • Children:

More about John Sydie Smith

John was serving aboard S.S. Lorle which was a 2,686 ton defensively-armed British merchant ship. On the 11th June 1918 when 12 miles SSW from the Lizard, Cornwall she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by German submarine UB-103. 19 lives lost including her Master, on route from Bilbao for Heysham with a cargo of iron ore.

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

Can you tell us more about John Sydie Smith'? Some additional facts, a small story handed down through the family or perhaps a picture or an heirloom you can share online. Contact our curator...

THANK YOU for your interest in helping the Great War Dundee project. Please complete the short form below and a curator will contact you in the next few days.

    I am writing to:

    [wos_roh_data]