Early Life :

Service Life:

Campaigns:

• The Second World War 1939-1945, World-wide.

"At 13.52 hours on 18 September 1942 the unescorted and unarmed Norfolk (Master Thomas Arthur Edge) was hit on the starboard side amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-175, while steaming on a non-evasive course at 6 knots about 130 miles north-northwest of Georgetown, British Guiana. The U-boat had spotted the ship two hours earlier, dived to evade an aircraft and then carried out a submerged attack from a distance of only 600 meters. The explosion broke the back of the ship and caused the Norfolk to sink within two minutes, so fast that the crew had no time to launch the lifeboats. The master and five crew members were lost. 13 crew members rescued themselves on four rafts and were picked up by the Spanish steam merchant Indauchu four hours after the sinking. The next day they were landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad."

Detail :

Probably Master Thomas Arthur Edge who died on 18 September 1942, when the SS Norfolk (Montreal) ex Glenbuckle, was torpedoed by U-175. He had previous service during the First World War, where he was appointed Temporary 2nd Lieutenant for duty with Inland Water Transport, on 6 August 1917, he relinquished his commission and was appointed to the Royal Navy Reserve on 18 September 1918.

"TW0-WAR VETERAN DIES Capt. Thomas Arthur Edge Is Buried at Sea News of the death of her husband, Captain Thomas Arthur Edge, Westmount, veteran of two wars, was received recently by Mrs. Edge, 4560 St. Catherine street. Captain Edge was reported lost when his ship was sunk in the Caribbean. He had been the master of many ships since the outbreak of war in 1939, and saw service in the Great War as well. He is also survived by a son, Sub. Lt. William Edge, now with the Canadian navy on the west coast. According to word received by the family, Captain Edge's body was picked up by a Spanish freighter in the Caribbean and given a burial at sea befitting a sea captain, on the order of the Spanish skipper. Born in Calcutta in 1885. Captain Edge went to King Williams's College on tyne isle of Man and later took a naval course. When the Great War broke out he was in the Royal Navy Reserve and enlisted immediately. He served with merchant cruisers, battleships and troop carriers. After the war he came to Canada, living some time in Vancouver and then coming to Montreal where he joined the Canada Steamship Lines. He volunteered for service again as soon as war broke out. He had many hazardous escapes, having been machine-gunned and bombed. Sub. Lt. William Arthur Edge, the son came to Montreal on receipt of the news and will be here for a few days."

Masonic :

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• The (UK) National Archives
• Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
• ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

• Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
• Researcher : Bruce Littley
• Researcher : Stephen Smith - Royal Standard Lodge