Fireman Edwin Stobbs English

Son of Thomas English and Janet Kitwood, of Québec, Québec. During the First World War, Thomas enlisted on 3 December 1915 with the Royal Marines Divisional - Engineers Corps of the British Army, regimental number 5569. He was repatriated in 1919 with the Montreal Heavy Brigade.

On 10 February 1941, the Brandenburg sailed from Real, Portugal, to Leith, Scotland, with convoy HG-53. At 6:33 am, she was torpedoed by U-37 west of Gibraltar and sank immediately, in position 36°10'N/16°38'W, with her captain, 21 crew members, an artilleryman and a castaway from the cargo ship Courland, sunk the previous day by the same submarine. The sole survivor of the 54 people on board the Brandenburg was rescued by HMS Velox (D-34) and landed in Gibraltar.