See also
| Husband: | Albert G. GREENSLADE (1897-1941) | |
| Wife: | Elsie Mary FEY (1894-1972) | |
| Marriage | 7 Aug 1920 | Crediton Registration District, Devon, England |
| Name: | Albert G. GREENSLADE1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1897 | Shobrooke, Devon, England |
| Military Regiment | Royal Marines | |
| Military Rank | Private | |
| Posted (Military) | 1921 (age 23-24) | Devonport, Devon, England |
| HMS Hood At the time of the 1921 census he was living in Crediton and gave his military address as HMS Hood, Devonport. |
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| Death | 15 Sep 1941 (age 43-44) | At sea |
| HMS President III - S.S.Empire Eland HMS President III was a shore-based accounting establishment. It was established on 28 August 1939 in Bristol to train those allocated for service on the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships (DEMS). It was later transferred to locations across Windsor and London. Private Greenslade was allocated to HMS President II, and posted to sail on DEMS S.S.Empire Eland. S.S. Empire Eland was a member of Convoy ON 14, which departed from Liverpool on 7 September and dispersed at 56°25′N 24°50′W on 14 September. She straggled behind the convoy. At 23.48 hours on 15 September 1941 the unescorted Empire Eland (Master Donald Campbell Sinclair) was hit on starboard side aft by one G7e torpedo from U-94 while steaming on a zigzag course in bad weather about 570 miles east-southeast of Cape Farewell. The ship had been first spotted at 14.00 hours, but the lookouts shortly afterwards spotted another straggler from the same convoy and sank the Pegasus first. The U-boat then chased and torpedoed Empire Eland. At 23.57 hours, a first coup de grâce missed but the ship sank by the stern about 40 minutes after being hit aft of amidships by a second at 00.30 hours on 16 September. The Germans had observed how the crew abandoned ship after the first hit. However, the master, 31 crew members and five gunners were lost. |
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| Name: | Elsie Mary FEY1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John FEY (1846-1908) | |
| Mother: | Emma Mary LUXTON (1868-1951) | |
| Birth | 1894 | Shobrooke, Devon, England |
| Residence | 1941 (age 46-47) | Deal, Kent, England |
| Death | 1972 (age 77-78) | Dover, Kent, England |
Twin to John
| 1 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |