Samuel Norman Batson Haddow – Merchant Navy, S.S. British Monarch

Apprentice Samuel Norman Batson Haddow – Merchant Navy, S.S. British Monarch

Early Life

Samuel Norman Batson Haddow was born in 1922 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was the son of Hugh Haddow and Margaret C. B. Haddow.

Service in the Merchant Navy

S.S. British Monarch
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Samuel served with the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He held the rank of Apprentice aboard the S.S. British Monarch.

The S.S. British Monarch

British Monarch was a 5,661‑ton cargo steamer, completed in 1923 by Napier & Miller of Old Kilpatrick (Yard No. 236) for the Monarch S.S. Co. (Raeburn & Verel) of Glasgow.

On 19^th June 1940, while on passage from Bougie to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore, British Monarch was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U‑48. All 40 members of her crew were lost.

Loss of Apprentice Haddow

Samuel was among those who perished when the British Monarch was sunk. He was just eighteen years old, one of many young Merchant Navy apprentices who gave their lives in the early years of the war.

Personal Details

Merchant Seamen Deaths

According to the Merchant Seamen Deaths records, Samuel’s last known address was: 4 Belle Isle Street, Glasgow.

Samuel Norman Batson Haddow
Tower Hill Memorial
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The Merchant Navy Memorial

Commemoration

Samuel Norman Batson Haddow is commemorated with honour on the Tower Hill Memorial, which records the names of Merchant Navy personnel who have no known grave but the sea.