Michael Joseph Patrick Cahill

1923 - 1943  (19 years)

• Name	Michael Joseph Patrick Cahill
  Born	19 Sep 1923	Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  	Address: St. Bedes, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  		Certificate of Birth - Michael Joseph Cahill
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	3rd Radio Officer - SS Empire Impala
  Residence	29 Oct 1923	Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  	Address: St. Bedes, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  Residence	5 Jul 1940	Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  	Address: St. Bedes, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  Occupation	11 Mar 1943
  	3rd Radio Officer - SS Empire Impala
  Died	11 Mar 1943	300 miles South East of Prins Christianssund, Greenland
  	Age: 19y
  	Cause: Drowned
  	Inscription from the war monument at Stratton on the Fosse Third Radio Officer Michael Joseph Patrick Cahill, SS Empire Impala (London), Merchant Navy. He died on the 11th March 1943 aged 19, and is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. Son of Thomas James Cahill and Helena Cahill. The Empress Impala was a steam merchant ship, and part of convoy SC-121 on route from New York to Hull. She was sunk on the 7th March 1943 by the German submarine U-591 with the loss of 41 lives; there were no survivors.
  Buried	Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK
  	Address: St. Benedict RC Church, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England
  Person ID	I10965	Lasbury Family
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas James Cahill           b. 9 Jul 1881, Bandon, Cork, Munster, Ireland           d. 4 Jul 1940, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Helena Catherine O'Leary           b. 9 Jun 1887, Tallow, Waterford, Munster, Ireland           d. 10 Apr 1943, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK  (Age 55 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1910	Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
  	Address: St. Josephs RC Church, Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
  		Certificate of Marriage - Thomas James Cahill Snr. & Helena Catherine O'Leary
  Marriage Witness	29 Jun 1910
  	John N. Finnerty & Maria Eugenie Dewberry
  Family ID	F3710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - Address: St. Bedes, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK - 19 Sep 1923 - Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK Residence - Address: St. Bedes, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK - 29 Oct 1923 - Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK Residence - Address: St. Bedes, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK - 5 Jul 1940 - Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK Died - Age: 19y,Cause: Drowned - 11 Mar 1943 - 300 miles South East of Prins Christianssund, Greenland Buried - Address: St. Benedict RC Church, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England - - Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England, UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Cahill family John Arthur Cahill, Thomas James Cahill, Kathleen Christina Cahill, Helena Cahill (nee O'Leary) & Michael Joseph Cahill