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Military service
Age:
44
Rank:
Chef
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
RMS MISSANABIE (London, England) (136705)
Birth:
January 1, 1874
Liverpool, England
Death:
September 9, 1918
North Atlantic
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Son of George Henry Stanton and Louise Barker from Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Husband of Catherine Cummings of 17 Victoria Road, Waterloo, Lancashire, England. Adoptive father of Percival Clement, Dorothy and Florence Owen. Brother of Chief Cook Frederick Stanton, British Merchant Navy, on the MV Fort Richepanse, who perished when his ship was torpedoed on 3 September 1941 by U-567.
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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Chef William Henry Stanton
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Chef William Henry Stanton
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Commemorated on:
Page 67 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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