Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Francis McGee
Military Information
- Date of enlistment:
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no:
- Rank: Assistant Steward
- Service Occupation:
- Awards:
- Regiment/Service: S.S. War Patrol
- Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
- Place of Death: Lost at Sea, one mile West from Penmarch, Brittany
- Age at Death: 33
- Date of Death: 10.08.1917
- Burial Country:
- Cemetery: Tower Hill Memorial, London
- Grave/Mem Ref no:
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth: Dundee
- Address: 36 Hilltown, Dundee
- Occupation:
- Mother:
Ann McGee
- Father:
John McGee
- Siblings:
- Spouse:
Jessie McGee (nee Sangster) 36 Hilltown, Dundee
- Children:
More about Francis McGee
For reasons unknown Francis is not listed on the original Dundee War Memorial, but is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial.
On 10 August 1917, the steamer of 2,045 tonnes was travelling on a voyage from Barry to an unknown destination, with a cargo of coal, when she hit a mine from a German U-boat under the command of Erwin Waßner. War Patrol was one mile West from Penmarch, Brittany at the time of her sinking.
Sadly, 14 people on board lost their lives.
Francis McGee was the son of Mr John and Mrs Ann Jessie McGee (nee Sangster) of 36 Hilltown, Dundee. The SS War Patrol was a 1,800 ton steam cargo ship completed in 1917 in Michigan for the British Government. She sank on 10 August 1917 after striking a mine laid by German submarine UC-69, about one mile West of Penmarc’h in Brittany. She was en route from Barry to an unknown destination with a cargo of coal. Francis McGee is named on the Tower Hill Memorial in London. Thirteen people on board the War Patrol lost their lives.
Information supplied by Gary Thomson
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