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In memory of:

Chief Steward Herbert Singleton

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Military service

Age: 50
Rank: Chief Steward
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: RMS Lady Hawkins (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (55047)
Birth: January 1, 1892 Liverpool, England
Death: January 19, 1942 Offshore

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 20.
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Son of Thomas Singleton and Mary Ellen Davis from Bootle, Merseyside, England. Husband of Katherine Stultz from Moncton, New Brunswick.

The Lady Hawkins was torpedoed on 19 January 1942 at 7:43 am by U-66 and sank east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, position 35°N/72°30'W. The attack caused the death of 251 people and left 71 survivors. The master, 86 crew members, one gunner and 163 passengers (including four DBS) were lost. The chief officer, 20 crew members and 50 passengers were picked up after five days by the Coamo and landed at San Juan, Puerto Rico on 28 January.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 228 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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