John Royston Douglas WEAVER, born 1902.
He was a merchant seaman working for the British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd and the P&O Steam Navigation Company. His main
He married Lilian Mary TILT in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1934.
John died on or about 18 Apr 1947 after his ship, the SS Sir Harvey Adamson was lost. Sir Harvey Adamson SS was a British Passenger/Cargo Ship of 1,030 tons built in 1914. She went missing with 269 people on board. She left Rangoon on the 17th April 1947 intending to reach her destination the next day, but she ran into a south westerly gale. She was never seen again and it was presumed she had struck a mine and went down before a distress signal could be sent.
He is memorialised at the Commonweath War Grave Memorial to Merchant Seamen at Tower Hill, Panel 981.
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Date
Age*
Event
Place
1902
0
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
8 Jun 1902
0
Finstall, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
2 Apr 1911
8
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (9).
Leamington House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
13 Jun 1923
21
Occupation: Merchant Seaman - Second Mate 
Bristol, Gloucestershire
Q4 1926
24
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
21 Oct 1934
32
Mumbai, India
18 Apr 1947
44
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (45).
Occupation: Merchant Seaman - Master and Commander 
6
18 Apr 1947
44
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (45).
At Sea, S/S Sir Harvey Adamson, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
5 Apr 1948
46
The Lawns, New Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Q2 1958
56
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
28 Feb 1978
76
4 Ednall Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
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