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Military service
Age:
30
Rank:
Steward
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Stokesley (Cardiff, Wales) (145486)
Birth:
January 1, 1910
Regina, Saskatchewan
Death:
April 24, 1940
Thames Estuary, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. F. Grave 173.
Additional information
Son of Harold Brown Metcalf and Ellen Riley of Victoria, British Columbia.
During the night of 24 April 1940, three ships struck air mines off the Thames estuary, including the Stokesley, which was sailing from Antwerp, Belgium, to London, England. Fifteen sailors lost their lives.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 192 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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