Possibly 100 children perished in the sinking on June 28, 1904 which few who survived the experience *mostly were smaller children* soon suffered from exposure and lack of hunger for spending 6 days in a lifeboat and mostly died in hospitals located in Scotland.
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Heinrich Petersen - SS officer - died on 1945-05-09.
About one or two soldiers died with the exception of the SS
Your children will receive survivor benefits if you were to die.
Christian Weber - SS general - died in 1945.
Franz Konrad - SS officer - died in 1952.
Hans Krebs - SS general - died in 1947.
Around 64 people died when the SS Forfarshire sank off the Farne Islands in 1838. Only nine survived, including Grace Darling who became a well-known heroine for her rescue efforts.
Information about the SS City of Benares such as it was sunk by U-48 on Sept. 17, 1940. On board were 90 children being evacuated from Great Britain to Canada, because of The Blitz. 77 of the children died, & as a result the evacuation of children from Great Britain to Canada ended. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com The headlines in the Daily Mirror of 23rd September 1940 cover the announcement of this on the Monday morning. This can be found on this site. SS Western Prince took many children and left Liverpool on or about this date with many children on board privately funded. Did our parents know of this sinking before we embarked we wonder? The BBC apparently announced the sinking on the Sunday.
Otto Meyer - SS officer - died on 1944-08-28.
Max Hansen - SS officer - died on 1990-03-07.