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Fireman Horatio Horace Henry Twiddy

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Military service

Age: 38
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Montfort (Liverpool, England) (110568)
Birth: January 1, 1880 Deptford, England
Death: October 1, 1918 Celtic Sea

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Son of John Twiddy and Hannah Evans of 78, Bronze Street, Deptford, London, England.

On 1 October 1918, the Montfort was making its way from Plymouth Sound, England, to Montreal, Quebec, with convoy OD-128, when it was torpedoed and sunk, in position 48°00'N/10°20'W, by U-55 170 miles (274 km) west of Bishop Rock, a rock at the western end of the Sorling Islands, south-west of England, in the Celtic Sea. Five people were killed in the attack.

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Page 70 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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