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His full name is Robert William Norton.
Son of Robert Norton and Ann Flynn of Montréal, Québec.
On 22 April 1918, the Welbeck Hall was en route from Pireus, Greece, to Port Said, Egypt, in ballast when she was torpedoed by UB-53 75 miles (121 km) north-north-east of Port Said. Four sailors lost their lives.
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Able Seaman William Norton
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Able Seaman William Norton
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Commemorated on:
Page 54 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom
THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.
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