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Sailor Ralph Neil

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Sailor
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Newfoundland Mercantile Marine
Division: SV Antoinette a two-masted schooner (St. John’s, Newfoundland) (116)
Birth: October 19, 1892 Spaniard’s Bay
Death: January 1, 1915

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Son of Richard Neil and Mary Jane French of Spaniard’s Bay, Harbour Grave, Newfoundland.

 

Schooner that was reportedly torpedoed in January 1915 between Patras (Greece) and Newfoundland. However, no submarine has claimed this victory. The vessel was reported missing after leaving Patras, Greece on December 28, 1914 and the registry closed on 15 April 1918.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 53 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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