Remembering World War II

Remembering Victor Elford Morris Seaman on the SS Kolchis Lost at Sea: November 23, 1940 (Aged 27) Memorialised on the Tower Hill Memorial (Merchant Seaman's Memorial) London England. Victor Elford Morris was born on April 27, 1913 in Advocate Harbor, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was the foster son of Mitchell George Morris (1888-1980) and Cora Blanche (Lunn) Morris (1893-1959) of Advocate Harbor, NS. Victor, went to sea in July 1931 at the age of 18 first serving on the T. K. Bentley in 1931- Port Greville, Cumberland Co., NS - New York. Vessel Manifests list Victor as serving on the Schooner Frederick P. Bikin (1934 - Barbados, via St. John, NB to New York); the Schooner Alvena (1937 - from St. John, New Brunswick to Gloucester, Mass., and in 1940 on the SS Kolchis. The SS Kolchis of Greek Registry was in Convoy SC.13 en route to Belfast and Cardiff in the UK. The Kolchis had departed Sorel, Quebec on November 12, 1940. The convoy departed St. John’s, Newfoundland. The ships encountered heavy seas and on November 23, 1940 the Kolchis foundered in heavy seas and sank in the North Atlantic. All 23 crew, including Victor Morris, were lost.

Victor Elford Morris

Tower Hill Memorial

Sources: findagrave naval-history.net