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Ordinary Seaman Edward Francis Law

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Llanishen (London, England) (161246)
Birth: January 1, 1918 Saint John, New Brunswick
Death: August 23, 1940 Off Duncasby Head, Scotland

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 17.
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Son of Ernest Francis Law Jr and Alice Maud Jeffery of St. John, New Brunswick.

On 22 August 1940, the Llanishen left the port of Methill, Scotland, with convoy OA-203. On 23 August, she was attacked by German He-115 bombers 20 miles (32 km) south-east of Duncasby Head, Scotland, and sunk in position 58°17'N/02°27'W. The attack took the lives of 8 of the 36 sailors on board.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 171 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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