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Jacob served in the Royal Navy from 8 October 1913 to 15 October 1919, regimental number J27721, and fought in the First World War, including the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the naval blockade of Germany.
On 1 March 1941, the J.B. White left Halifax, Nova Scotia, with convoy HX-112, which was attacked on the 16th by a pack of German U-boats. Four ships were sunk, another damaged, while the J.B. White was torpedoed by U-99, which gave her the coup de grâce west-southwest of the Faroe Islands, position 60°57'N/12°27'W. Two sailors lost their lives. The captain and 37 crew members were rescued by the British destroyer HMS Walker (D27), which landed them in Liverpool, England.
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Commemorated on:
Page 244 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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