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Military service
Rank:
Assistant Steward
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
SS Pomeranian (Glasgow, Scotland) (85193)
Death:
April 15, 1918
North Atlantic
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Additional information
This steam and sail cargo ship was torpedoed by UC-77 on 15 April 1918 in the English Channel 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Portland Bill, England. A total of 55 people lost their lives.
Digital gallery of Assistant Steward John Shepherd
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Memorial
Digital gallery of
Assistant Steward John Shepherd
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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