Fireman and Trimmer Shief Ahmed served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. He was the husband of Margaretta Ahmed of Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
He died on 20th July 1940 aged 46 years old. This age is recorded on Merchant Navy records. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission states Ahmed’s age as 40 years old.
At the time, Ahmed was part of the crew of S.S. Troutpool. The cargo-laden steamship activated 2 acoustically detonated mines in Belfast Lough. The Captain had docked in Bangor, Co. Down for degaussing en route from Rosario, Argentina to Glasgow, Scotland.
Shief Ahmed’s grave is in Section 5X, Grave 23B of Bangor Cemetery, Bangor, Co. Down. His headstone bears the inscription:
A token of love and remembrance of one we will never forget.