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Military service
Age:
40
Rank:
Second Steward
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
RMS MISSANABIE (London, England) (136705)
Birth:
January 1, 1878
Bootle, England
Death:
September 9, 1918
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 3
Additional information
Son of John and Margaret Kettleday of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Husband of Rosina Branigan. 29, Stanley Rd., Bootle Lancashire. Father of William Allan Kettleday.
The Missanabie was en route from Liverpool, England, to Quebec City and Montreal, Quebec, when on 9 September 1918 she was torpedoed by UB-87 52 miles (84 km) off Daunt's Rock, Cork, Ireland. She sank with 45 of her crew, position 58°11'N/07°25'W.
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Second Steward Samuel Kettleday
Digital gallery of
Second Steward Samuel Kettleday
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 40 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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