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Military service
Age:
63
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Jutland (Cardiff, Wales) (105192)
Birth:
January 1, 1854
Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
November 19, 1917
Celtic Sea
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On 19 November 1917, the Jutland was en route from Bilbao, Spain, to Middlesbrough, England, when she was torpedoed by UC-79 18 nautical miles (21 miles/33 km) north-north-east of Ushant, Finistère, France, in Celtic Sea, taking the lives of the 26 crew members and her captain, position 48°46'N/04°55'W.
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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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Able Seaman Thomas Sullivan
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Able Seaman Thomas Sullivan
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 68 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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