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Known family: James Cochrane,, Elizabeth Cochrane, Agnes Cochrane (21st February 1904), William James Cochrane (13th February 1906). |
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The CWGC record Fireman and Trimmer James Cochrane as the son of James and Elizabeth Cochrane of Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. |
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Fireman and Trimmer James Cochrane has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 36 of the Tower Hill Memorial in London. |
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The submarine was a captured Turkish vessel that had been commissioned into the German Navy. |
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At 01.19 hours on 8th March 1941 the Dunaff Head was hit by one of two torpedoes from a U-Boat and sank south of Iceland. Five crew members were lost. The master, 34 crew members and four gunners survived. |
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In March 1941 S.S. Dunaff Head was part of Convoy OB-293, en route from Glasgow to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. |
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Fireman and Trimmer James Cochrane served with the Merchant Navy in World War Two on board S.S. Dunaff Head. It was a 5,258 GRT steam cargo ship. |
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The 1911 census also has a possible listing of James’ father. He was age 27, boarding at house 14 in Castledawson Town. He was a railway porter. |
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The 1911 census lists James as age 3, boarding at Townparks School in Magherafelt. His older sister Agnes was also a boarder at the school. |
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It seems James’s mother, Elizabeth Cochrane, died on 6th November 1910 in Magherafelt, aged 30. James was three years old. |
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William James Cochrane was born on 13th February 1906 in the district of Magherafelt. |
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James Cochrane was the son of James and Elizabeth Cochrane. James Cochrane and Elizabeth McElroy were married on 20th March 1903 in the district of Cookstown. |
