{"id":17147,"date":"2022-01-28T09:25:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/?page_id=17147"},"modified":"2022-04-25T06:57:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T06:57:54","slug":"geller-kenneth-b-m","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/merchant-navy\/geller-kenneth-b-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Geller, Kenneth Basil Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"name\">Kenneth Basil Michael Geller<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Second Radio Officer, S.S. Vestfold<br>Died 17 Jan 1943<br>Commemorated at Tower Hill Memorial<br>Age 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Kenneth was born on 13 March 1924 in Hackney, London to Jacob (John) and Polish mother Fanny nee Herson and he had one older sister Barbara. Their father worked as a ladies mantle and costume manufacturer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenneth was a second radio officer on S.S. Vestfold, a former whale factory ship, which was in convoy with HX-222 and carrying three British landing craft HMS LCT-2239, HMS LCT-2267 and HMS LCT-2344 on the deck.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 16.00 hours on 17 Jan 1943 the Vestfold was torpedoed by U-268 on the south west coast of Iceland. She was abandoned by the crew and passengers while the engines were still running. Before the ship sank she ran uncontrolled in circles and almost collided with the British rescue ship Rathlin which picked up the 56 survivors and landed them at Liverpool. Nineteen people died including Kenneth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gELLER-gAVIN-fREEDMAN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18508\" width=\"402\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gELLER-gAVIN-fREEDMAN.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gELLER-gAVIN-fREEDMAN-250x368.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/gELLER-gAVIN-fREEDMAN-120x177.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><figcaption>Courtesy Gavin Freedman <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Geller-12-Feb-1943.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18516\" width=\"412\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Geller-12-Feb-1943.jpg 303w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Geller-12-Feb-1943-250x51.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Geller-12-Feb-1943-120x25.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><figcaption>Jewish Chronicle 12 Feb 1943<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kenneth Basil Michael Geller Second Radio Officer, S.S. 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