Philip Joseph Gorman
ASSISTANT STEWARD PHILIP JOSEPH GORMAN
d. 2nd May 1942 aged 17
Philip was born in Sculcoates, Hull in July 1925.
His parents John Gorman and Martha (nee Younger, born in 1904) were married in Hull in September 1924. In 1939 Martha was still living in Hull, carrying out Unpaid Domestic Duties. John was a Chief Steward in the Merchant Navy. They moved to 8 Riding Head Lane, Luddenden around 1940.
Philip served in the Merchant Navy on SS Cape Corso and was lost, presumed drowned, on 2nd May 1942 when it was sunk by torpedo from German bombers. The Cape Corso set sail as part of the convoy PQ15 taking munitions to Russia. She was to have been part of PQ14 but bad weather forced her to return to Reykjavik and become part of the next convoy.
Of the crew 44 and 12 Gunners, 39 crew and 11 gunners were lost at 73 2N 19 46E. The Cape Corso was built at Lithgows, Glasgow in 1929 and was called the Knight of St George until 1934 and owned by Lyle Shipping Co Ltd.
Philip is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial for Merchant Seafarers in London.