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Son of Thomas Lovitt Nickerson and Geneva Ethel Kenney of Clarks Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. His brother Able Seaman Lovitt Edward Nickerson, also perished in the sinking of the Empire Eland.
On 15 September 1941, the Empire Eland sailed with convoy ON-14 from Liverpool, England, to Mobile, Alabama, then on to Tampa, Florida. Away from the ships due to bad weather, she was torpedoed at 11:48 pm by U-94, as she zigzagged 570 miles (917 km) east-south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland. At 11:57, a first coup de grâce missed the ship, but she sank by the stern around 40 minutes after being hit again at 00:30 on the 16th, in position 54°09'N/29°55'W. The captain, 31 crew members and 5 gunners lost their lives. The attack left no survivors.
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Commemorated on:
Page 201 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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