IVORY, Edward Peter

Edward was born on the 5th of November 1900. He married Ivy Mabel (nee WINSLOW) IVORY in 1928 at Newport Registry Office. In 1938 Edward was registered as living at 10 Middleton Terrace, Cross Street, Cowes.

At 2213 on the 29th of October 1942 Abosso was in the Atlantic about 589 nautical miles north of the Azores when German submarine U-575, fired a spread of four torpedoes at her. One hit Abosso's port side abaft her bridge. The ship's engines stopped, all her lights failed, & she started to list heavily to port. As she settled in the water, she temporarily righted herself, her crew got her emergency generator working, & her floodlights were switched on to help the evacuation. Almost immediately after this, U-575 fired a torpedo from one of her stern torpedo tubes, which hit Abosso forward of her bridge. In about 45 minutes Abosso sank bow first, with the loss of 362 passengers & crew, including Edward.

Edward is commemorated by the Commission on the Tower Hill Memorial to The Missing in London together nearly 24,000 of his Second World War comrades. Edward was 41.

Edward is also remembered on the Cowes War Memorial.