Creighton Bryden Johnson TAIT

1878 - 1940  (61 years)

• Name	Creighton Bryden Johnson TAIT
  Born	6 Dec 1878	Lerwick, SHI, SCT   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Oct 1940  [2]
  Person ID	I43594	John Charles Christie
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	Andrew TAIT,   b. 24 Sep 1838, Ustaness, Whiteness, SHI, SCT ,   d. Dec 1904, South Shields, DUR, ENG  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth MONCRIEFF,   b. 1834, Gruting, Sandsting, SHI, SCT ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	29 Nov 1859	Sandsting, SHI, SCT   [3]
  Family ID	F29932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann,   b. Aft 1875,   d. UNKNOWN
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2015
  Family ID	F64523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Rank: Chief Engineer Officer Regiment: Merchant Navy Unit Text: S.S. Trevisa (Montreal) Age: 61 Date of Death: 16/10/1940 Additional information: Husband of Mary Ann Tait, of Ilford, Essex. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 111. Cemetery: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL From listing of Canadian registered ships lost in World War 2: 16 Oct 1940 Trevisa Canadian Lake Carriers 1,813 tons Torpedoed by U-124 while straggling from convoy SC 7 57 deg 28 N by 20 deg 30 W, North Atlantic Seven of the 21 crew were killed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S79] Methodist Church Baptisms. [S26] Death certificate, 1940’278 [Marine Records]. [S4] IGI Marriages.