War Midge Voyage History

On a voyage from Alexandria for Tripoli with a cargo of munitions & aviation spirit & 142 persons on board City of Guildford was torpedoed by German submarine U-593 (O.L. Gerd Kelbling) & sank in 33.00N/22.50E on 27 March 1943. The master, six crew, 1 gunner & 5 army personnel were picked up by HMS Exmoor. 129 lives lost.

Lives lost March 1943: Abbas Umar, fireman, 64, India; Abdul Jalib, fireman, 43, India; Abdul Jalil, trimmer, 26, India; Abdul Manan, fireman, 22, India; Abdul Rahman, fireman, 23, India; Abdul Rahman Roshan Din, fireman, 26, India; Abu Bakar, seaman, 27, India; Abu Bakar Yusuf, seaman, 26, India; Ali Akbar, trimmer, 23, India; Ali Musa, seaman, 24, India; Baratto, Anton G, general servant, 40, India; Bentley, George Hankin, lance sergeant, 22, Hertford; Buuga Khan Dulla, greaser, 43, India; Challenor, Anthony Norman Markham, 2rd officer, 27, Steeton, Yorks.; Chilton, Walter, 4^th engineer, Torry, Aberdeen; Coelho, Jono P, general servant, 44, India; Collaco, Francis, topass, 66, India; Collard, Clifford, master, 43, Wallasey, Cheshire; Cubbon, John William, chief officer, 41, Isle of Man; Davies, William Ellis, quartermaster, 51, Newport; Faqir Mir Ahmad, tindal, 37; Faqir Muhammed, trimmer, 30, India; Fazil Rakhman, cassab, 40, India; Fenandes, Bersilio, general servant, 38, India; Fernandes, Paulo, chief cook, 50, India; Ghafur, Mir Ahmad, donkeyman, 36, India; Ghulam, Ahmad, trimmer, 26, India; Harrop, Roland Hill, able seaman, 48; Husain Ibrahim, seaman, 67, India; Janus Khan, fireman, 35, India; Juma Khan, trimmer, 23, India; Karam Dad, fireman, 25, India; Khair Ullah, trimmer, 44, India; Khawas, Khan, greaser, 53, India; Kydd, Frank, chief engineer, 58 (son of Captain W & Mary Dandson Colnlle Kydd); Kynaston, Enoch John, able seaman, 35, Blackley, Lancs.; Lavisher, Albert, gunner, 22, Manchester; Mam Raj Sagwa, deck topass, 23, India; McCrae, William John, able seaman, 19, Ayrshire; McGuiness, Thomas, able seaman; Mir Dad Bahram, serang, 45, India ; Morris, William, quartermaster, 31, Newport, Pemb.; Muhammad Andoni, seaman, 29, India; Muhammad Husain, cassab, 50, India; Muhammad Khan, tidal, 45, India; Muhammad Mohi Din, bhandary, 26, India; Muhammad Qutub, Ud, Din, donkeyman, 59, India; Muhammad Shah, fireman, 26, India; Mukram Khan, bhandary, 47, India; Musa Husain, seaman, 42, India; Nauwat Khan, trimmer, 23, India; Niamat Khan, fireman, 31, India; Noel, William Herbert, lance bombardier; Parrington, Eric Whitburn, 2^nd officer, 25, Dingle, Liverpool; Peres, Joseph P. cook, 63, India; Peters, Douglas Herbert Charles, 38, Brookwood, Surrey; Pinto, Manoel, pantryman, 38, India; Tamar Mir Zamin, tidal, 35, India; Qamr, Ud, Din, deck tindal, 58, India; Qazi Rakhmat Shah, trimmer, 21, India; Razi Khan, fireman, 41, India; Robertson, Alexander, 2^nd engineer, 43, Craigiebank, Dundee; Rutherford, John, 2^nd radio officer, 26, Polmont, Stirlingshire; Sayid Khan, trimmer, 36; Scanlan, Thomas, bombardier, 21, Preston, Lancs.; Seymour, Cyril Frank, gunner, 19, Poulner, Hampshire; Smith, Donald William, 3^rd engineer, 24, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Sona Bar Khan, fireman, 41, India; Sumer Kacherao, topass, 22, India; Sullivan, William, able seaman, 23, Seafort; Wazir Nizam, Ud, Din, trimmer, 27, India; Wilson, Gordon Cowie, 3^rd radio officer, 17.

The steamship Romeo, originally built as the War Midge. 

The steamship City of Guildford, originally built as the War Midge.