The information on registered seafarers is not in all cases complete. As new sources are studied, information on engagements and medals etc. will be added to some of the already registered seafarers.
Anders Nils Bekken
- Date of birth
- December 24, 1892
- Date of death
- March 21, 1943Cause of death: Shipwreck
- Parents
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Norway
- Birthplace
- Stokke
- Place of living
- Holtan, Stokke, Tønsberg
- County
- Vestfold
- Service
- Rank
- 1. Maskinist (Maskinsjef)
- Education
- Other
- Participant in WW2
Ex gratia-arkivet:
Registernummer under krigen: London 11277.
Gift med (jf. London-kort): Maren Bekken.
Våre Falne:
BEKKEN, ANDERS NILS, maskinmester, Stokke. Født 24. desember 1892 i Stokke, s. av Karinius Bekken, f. 1852, og Gjertine f. Jakobsen, f. 1860, begge i Stokke. Gift 1917 i Stokke med Maren Andreassen, f. 1894. 5 barn. Maskinistskole, motorskole. Hadde vært ansatt i samme hvalfangeri siden 1920. Dro ut 1939 med SVEND FOYN hvor han var maskinmester. Omkom 21. mars 1943 ved SVEND FOYN`S krigsforlis (under britisk flagg). St. Olavsmedaljen, Krigsmedaljen, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Lloyds Medaljen, For Brave Conduct.
Sources
RA/S-3545/G/Gg
Våre Falne
Seedie's List of Awards to The Merchant Navy for World War II, av Seedie, 1997. S. 206.
"Krigskorset og St. Olavsmedaljen med ekegren", redigert av Erik Gjems-Onstad, Oslo 1995, s. 196.
RA/S-3545/G/Gi/L0004
"Under Hazardous Circumstances - a Register of Awards of Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea 1939-1945," samlet av R. J. Scarlett, 1992.
Engagements (1)
- Ships
- D/S Svend Foyn
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Rank
- 1. Maskinist (Maskinsjef)
- Signed on
- Harbour: Unkown
Date: August 1939 - Signed off
- Harbour: Omkom ved forlis
Date: 3/21/1943
Voyages
Places of Service (0)
Medals (4)
Going through new source material in order to document the war sailors and their history is an ongoing and extensive effort, and there exist no complete register over decorations awarded. Infomation about medals will therefore be registered gradually and be based on different source materials. The war sailors were awarded medals both during and after the war. Do you want to read more about decorations, then please study this page: Decorations
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