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His full name is Silas Newton Halfyard.
Son of Samuel A. Halfyard and Priscilla Howell Follett of Western Bay, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Husband of Jessie Louise March of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Father of Byron March and Newton Samuel Halfyard.
This three-masted sailing ship left the port of Naples, Italy, on 17 November 1915 and headed for St. John's, Newfoundland. She and her crew of eleven sailors were never seen again. No German submarine has claimed to have sunk her. The date of death is the date of her departure.
Digital gallery of Master Silas Halfyard
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
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Master Silas Halfyard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 32 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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