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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Cook
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Oswestry Grange (London, England) (164512)
Birth:
January 1, 1918
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
February 12, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
On 12 February 1941, at 6.18 am, the German battlecruiser Admiral Hipper opened fire on convoy SLS-64, which had just joined HX-53, 800 miles (1,288 km) west of Gibraltar, off Sao Miguel, Azores, sinking seven ships, including the Oswestry Grange, position 37°10'N/21°20'W. The attack claimed the lives of five of the 42 crew members. The survivors were rescued by the SS Lornasion.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 187 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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