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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Chief Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Vancouver Island (Montreal, Québec) (170160)
Birth:
January 1, 1904
Belfast
Death:
October 15, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 17.
Additional information
Son of James Cecil Casstles and Elinor Florence Tedford Boyd. Husband of Georgina Casstles, of Montréal, Québec.
A member of convoy SC-48, the Vancouver Island was torpedoed at 22:49 on 15 October 1941 and sank quickly at 23:17 West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.
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From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Chief Engineer William Cecil Casstles
Digital gallery of
Chief Engineer William Cecil Casstles
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Commemorated on:
Page 110 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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