Leading Seaman James Shimmin - Andreas, Isle of Man - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

The headstone for James Shimmin is in the Churchyard of St. Andrew in Andreas. James was lost on HMS Triton in December 1940.

Both father and son were loss were lost as Sea.
The headstone is of white marble and has the dedication shown below in black lettering.
“In Loving Memory of
MY DEAR HUSBAND
WILLIAM JAMES SHIMMIN
WHO WAS DROWNED THROUGH THE
FOUNDERING OF THE S.S. ELLAN VANNIN
ON DEC. 3RD 1909 IN HIS 37TH YEAR

AS EACH OF COULD NOT HAVE LIVED
TO KNOW THE OTHERS LOSS
I’M SATISFIED HE GAINED THE CROWN
AND I AM CHOSEN TO BEAR THE CROSS.

ALSO JAMES,
SON OF THE ABOVE,
LOST ON H.M. SUBMARINE “TRITON”
ON DEC. 18TH 1940, IN HIS 31ST YEAR.

THY WILL BE DONE

ALSO OF HIS MOTHER,
JESSIE LEE CRIX
DIED MARCH 31ST 1945,
IN HER 69TH YEAR.

REST IN PEACE

ALSO JOHN CRIX,
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE,
DIED MARCH 25TH 1950,
IN HIS 76TH YEAR

RE-UNITED”

From the wrecksite.eu website:

The last report from HMS Triton was that she was going to “finish off”, ‘Olimpia’, an Italian cargo vessel that has sent out a distress call on December 6th 1940.

Triton is supposed to have been lost to a mine in the Strait of Otranto. Italian sources however, claim that she was the victim of torpedo boats ‘Confienza’ of ‘Clio’. (Triton was declared lost with all hands on 18 December 1940).

James Shimmin was a Leading Seaman on board HMS Triton when she was loss. James Shimmin’s name appears on the Plymouth Naval Monument (grave reference: Panel 37, Column 1).

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Type of Death Listed: Other (not listed) Website (if available): Not listed Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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