Download or read book Cross of Sacrifice.Vol. 5: The Officers, Men and Women of the Merchant Navy and Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary 1914p1919 written by Steve Jarvis By Steve Jarvis and published by . This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 2,500 merchant ships and auxiliaries were sunk during the war, by far the greatest majority by U boats. This volume contains the names of all who died serving in the merchant marine and in auxiliaries, armed merchant cruisers, hospital ships etc with the date of death. In each case the name of the ship is given and the individual s function on board, such as master, mate, stewardess, greaser, trimmer, fireman, lascar etc.