The SS AMAKURA(2) was sunk on the 25th August 1942. The master, 25 crew members and 5 gunners landed at the Point Morant Lighthouse, Jamaica, but 13 of her crew perished. The crew of the SS AMAKURA(2) are commemorated on panel 6 on the Tower Hill Memorial.
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we shall remember them.
by
Laurence Binyon
| Name | Rank | Age | "Last place of abode" as ships articles |
| Theodore Atherley | Cook | 25 | British Guiana |
| Robert Owen Eaton | Fireman & Trimmer | 25 | Unknown |
| Clarridge Evans | Able Seaman | 63 | Unknown |
| Patrick Gibson | Fireman & Trimmer | 31 | Irish Republic |
| Henry Greggs | Fireman & Trimmer | 33 | Unknown |
| William Wilson Howarth | 3rd Engineer | 45 | Unknown |
| Johannes Paul Knisz | 4th Engineer | 28 | Liverpool |
| David Maurice Glyn Lewis | 2nd Radio Officer | 21 | Swansea |
| Fredrick Walter Macro | Boatswain | 62 | Unknown |
| Joseph Nolan | Donkeyman | 36 | Unknown |
| James Ronald DCM | Chief Engineer | 44 | Ayrshire |
| James Sweeney | Trimmer | 26 | Irish Republic |
| Wilfred Thomas | Fireman & Trimmer | 37 | Unknown |
| The AMAKURA(1) was sunk on the 12th June 1917,180 miles NW from Tory Island. Two casualties are listed on the WW1 Tower Hill memorial site. |
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| William Murphy | Fireman & Trimmer | 36 | Liverpool |
| William Price | Fireman & Trimmer | 44 | Heswall |
| Acknowledgement: Sound files courtesy of the Australian Army Band, Brisbane.
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