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Able Seaman Timothy Gosse

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Military service

Age: 53
Rank: Able Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Thorold (Montréal, Québec) (146589)
Birth: July 11, 1887 Indian Islands, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: August 22, 1940 Irish Sea

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HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Grave reference: Panel 17.
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Son of Jonathan Taylor Gosse and Eliza Jane Collins of Harbour Grace, Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland. Husband of Lilias Rodway of Kingwell, Newoundland. Father of Alitha Maude, Hilda Gwendolyn and George Ronald Gosse.

On 22 August 1940, at around 11.30 am, the Thorold was en route from Cardiff, Wales, to London, England, when she was attacked by two German Dornier 17 bombers. Heavily damaged, the captain tried to beach the ship. At around 1 pm, violent fires broke out and the Thorold sank. Out of a crew of 28 men, 10 lost their lives, including the captain, and 5 were seriously injured.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

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Page 144 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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