Skip to main content

A Tara Survivor (1916)

Description

Date: 28 April 1916

Transcript:

A Tara Survivor.

[photograph of Tatam Jones]

G. TATAM JONES, Portmadoc.
Son of Mr H. Jones Holyhead, formerly of the Custom House, Portmadoc. Mr Tatam Jones was one of the crew of the auxiliary boarding ship "Tara" when she was torpedoed last November by a German submarine off the coast of Sollum. The crew were taken prisoners by the Senussi Arabs and treated with barbaric cruelty from which several died. The crew were eventually rescued by the Duke of Westminister's force in armoured cars and are now in England. Quarter

[photograph of R. H. Roberts]

Master R. H. ROBERTS, Portmadoc.

Source:
'A Tara Survivor.' The Cambrian News and Welsh Farmers' Gazette. 28 Apr. 1916. 6.

Owner:
Welsh Newspapers Online, National Library of Wales
Creator:
Cambrian News and Welsh Farmers' Gazette
License information:
Copyright Details:
Cambrian News
Item uploaded:
21/8/2019
Date originally created:
28/4/1916
Views:
700
Favourites:
0

Contact Us

To request take down or report racist, offensive or otherwise harmful content.

Man writing a letter

You must be logged in to leave a comment