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Military service
Age:
35
Rank:
Third Engineer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Pomeranian (Glasgow, Scotland) (85193)
Birth:
Glasgow, Scotland
Death:
April 15, 1918
English Channel
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Son of William and Elizabeth A. Smith, husband of Henrietta Smith (nee Glendinning), of 203, Weir St., Glasgow.
This steam and sail cargo ship was torpedoed by UC-77 on 15 April 1918 in the English Channel 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Portland Bill, England. A total of 55 people lost their lives.
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Third Engineer William Smith
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Third Engineer William Smith
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 66 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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