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In memory of:

Fireman Hugh Phillips

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Military service

Age: 53
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: SS Cullebra (Liverpool, England) (140660)
Birth: January 1, 1889
Death: October 11, 1942 North Atlantic
Additional information
He died of weakness at sea on 11 October 1942 and his body was buried at sea. According to official German naval records, his ship, the Culebra, was torpedoed by the U-123 on 25 January 1942, leaving none of the 45 crew members alive.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 264 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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