Charles Richard Alexander Long
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Merchant Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Third Engineer Officer
Parents: Revd. Richard Percy Long, M.A., and Lucy Winifred Long
Marital status: Married
Home address: Parents: Downend Vicarage Charles and Evelyn: 18 Cleeve Lawns Downend
Pre-war occupation: Agricultural Auctioneer Manager's Clerk
Date of birth: 23/12/1910
Date of death: 06/06/1941
Buried/Commemorated at: Died at sea and commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial and Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 30
Further information:
Son of a clergyman he was the eldest of 2 brothers. He married in 1938. In the early morning of the 6th June the Sacramento Valley, who was carrying coal between Cardiff and Brazil, was hit on the port side in the engine room by a torpedo from U-106 250 miles northwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Charles was killed along with two Indian firemen, but the master, 39 crew members and six gunners escaped in 3 lifeboats. The ship sank 10 minutes after the hit.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/971.html