Askam,+J

Able Seaman, H.M.S. President III, Royal Navy. Service No: P/JX 289999. Age: 27. Date of Death: 31/01/1942. On MV "San Arcadio", a tanker of 7419 tons - Eagle Oil and Shipping Company, Carrying Diesel Oil. Possibly sailing independantly from Houston, Texas to U.K. Sunk by U107 off Cape Sable (38.10N 63.50W) He was employed by James Stocks of Silsden and played football for Oxenhope Rec. Football Club. Son of R. and Ann Jane Askam; husband of Muriel Irene Askam. See Keighley War Scrap Book April 1942, page 23 (Photo) PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Panel 63, Column 1.
 * Askam, Joseph**