My Grandad William (Billy) Landrum. Lived in Pasture Av Moreton. There was an article about him in the Liverpool Echo, saving a shipmate whilst he was actually injured himself when his ship was bombed during WWII. He was very 'ah well' 'that's what anyone would have done' about it but believe me he was a proud man
Many merchant ships were torpedoed mikeeb, did he wear a uniform? only MN officers wore uniform but not the seamen, a lot of our MN lads went to the US for training and to pick up the various types of ships being turned out by the shipyards there, Victory boats etc, or he could have been RN picking up a lend lease warship.
Many merchant ships were torpedoed mikeeb, did he wear a uniform? only MN officers wore uniform but not the seamen, a lot of our MN lads went to the US for training and to pick up the various types of ships being turned out by the shipyards there, Victory boats etc, or he could have been RN picking up a lend lease warship.
That is what is leading me, to now believe it was the merchant navy casper My mum doesn't know and I cannot find anything of a military record which strengthens the MN belief
Name: William Landrum Birth Date: abt 1923 Birth Country: England Age: 18 Gender: Male Race/Nationality: English Arrival Date: 3 Nov 1941 Port of Arrival: Quebec, Canada Ship Name: Beaverhill Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Residence Country: England
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Name: William Landrum Arrival Date: 24 Feb 1947 Birth Date: abt 1923 Age: 24 Gender: Male Ethnicity/ Nationality: English Port of Departure: Liverpool, England Port of Arrival: New York, New York Ship Name: Fort Musquarro
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The William Landrum who sailed on the SS Beaverhill declared as his next of kin, Mary Landrum, 2 Kingsmead rd, Wallasey.
It appears that he was sent out to Baltimore to pick up MV Myrmedon (spelt incorrectly on record) I think it should be, MV Myrmidon. This ship was torpedoed.