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Joel Joseph Piddell

Joel Joseph Piddell

Male 1920 - 1940  (20 years)

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  • Name Joel Joseph Piddell 
    Born 1920  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave ID 15369349 
    Residence 3 Feb 1922  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    16 Francis Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK 
    Residence 27 Feb 1925  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    16 Francis Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
    Cardiff, Glamorgan
    UK 
    Died 14 Dec 1940 
    • Died at sea

      Name: PIDDELL, JOSEPH JOHN
      Initials: J J
      Nationality: United Kingdom
      Rank: Mess Room Boy
      Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
      Unit Text: S.S. Euphorbia (North Shields)
      Age: 20
      Date of Death: 14/12/1940
      Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
      Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 48.
    Tower Hill Memorial, London, England, UK
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    Buried
    • The Tower Hill Memorial commemorates men and women of the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets who died in both World Wars and who have no known grave. It stands on the south side of the garden of Trinity Square, London, close to The Tower of London. The Memorial Register may be consulted at Trinity House Corporation, Trinity Square (Cooper's Row entrance), Tower Hill, London EC3N 4DH, which will be found behind the Memorial. Tel: 020 7481 6900.

      In the First World War, the civilian navy's duty was to be the supply service of the Royal Navy, to transport troops and supplies to the armies, to transport raw materials to overseas munitions factories and munitions from those factories, to maintain, on a reduced scale, the ordinary import and export trade, to supply food to the home country and - in spite of greatly enlarged risks and responsibilities - to provide both personnel and ships to supplement the existing resources of the Royal Navy. Losses of vessels were high from the outset, but had peaked in 1917 when in January the German government announced the adoption of "unrestricted submarine warfare". The subsequent preventative measures introduced by the Ministry of Shipping - including the setting up of the convoy system where warships were used to escort merchant vessels - led to a decrease in losses but by the end of the war, 3,305 merchant ships had been lost with a total of 17,000 lives. In the Second World War, losses were again considerable in the early years, reaching a peak in 1942. The heaviest losses were suffered in the Atlantic, but convoys making their way to Russia around the North Cape, and those supplying Malta in the Mediterranean were also particularly vulnerable to attack. In all, 4,786 merchant ships were lost during the war with a total of 32,000 lives. More than one quarter of this total were lost in home waters. The First World War section of the Tower Hill Memorial commemorates almost 12,000 Mercantile Marine casualties who have no grave but the sea. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens with sculpture by Sir William Reid-Dick. It was unveiled by Queen Mary on 12 December 1928. The Second World War extension, which commemorates almost 24,000 casualties, was designed by Sir Edward Maufe, with sculpture by Charles Wheeler. It was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II on 5 November 1955.
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission Certificate for Joseph John Piddell
    Mess Room Boy Joseph Piddell ( - 1940) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Person ID I2277  Lasbury Family
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 

    Father Joseph John Piddell
              b. 1884, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1937, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Esther Ann Lewis
              b. 1886, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1964, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1907  Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    16 Francis Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK - 3 Feb 1922 - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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    16 Francis Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
    Cardiff, Glamorgan
    UK - 27 Feb 1925 - Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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