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His full name is Louis G. Carroll. Son of Henry Carroll and Alicia Duggan, of Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Brother of Philip L. Carroll, who also died with the Saint Malo and Private Thomas James Carroll, number 636, of the 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment who served from 1909.
300 miles (483 km) west of the Hebrides Islands, Scotland, on 12 October 1940, at 23:25, the Saint Malo was sailing with convoy HX-77 when she was torpedoed by U-101. She broke in two and sank, position 57°58'N/16°32'W.
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Chief Cook Louis Carroll
Digital gallery of
Chief Cook Louis Carroll
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Page 108 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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