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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
4th Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
SS Verdi (Montréal, Québec) (124103)
Birth:
January 1, 1893
Montreal, Québec
Death:
August 22, 1917
North Atlantic
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On 22 August 1917, Verdi was sailing unescorted when she was torpedoed by U-53 approximately 115 miles (185 km) north-west of Eagle Island, Ireland, position 55°15'N/13°20'W. Six of her crew lost their lives.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens)
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4th Engineer Edward Richard Fogg
Digital gallery of
4th Engineer Edward Richard Fogg
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 28 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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