Weaste Cemetery

Database: John Allmark

Name:	John Allmark
Date of Death:	3-Mar-1917
Grave Number:	F_493
Age:	16
Rank:	Apprentice
Unit:	Mercantile Marine (SS Sagamore)
CWG Memorial:	Tower Hill
Biography:	John was the son of Alfred & Mary Jane Allmark. He drowned as a result of an attack by enemy submarine 'U49', on the S.S. Sagamore,150 miles from the Fastnet Rock (Co. Cork, Ireland) in position -51.5ºN 14.0ºW, on voyage from Boston (USA) to Liverpool with a general cargo including munitions for British and was armed with one 4.7" gun. 52 crew and passengers were lost. The ship left Boston on 21st February S.S. Sagamore was built 1892 and weighed in at 5,197 gross tons