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Son of Samuel Thomas Purton and Emma Rees from Newport, Montmouthshire, Wales. Samuel was killed on 10 February 1941 when his ship, SS Canford Chine, was torpedoed by U-52 in the North Atlantic, position 55°51'N/17°35'W. He was serving as third engineer and sailing with convoy OG-52. Husband of Katherine Purton of St. John's, Newfoundland.
On 27 March 1941, she was sailing with convoy SC-25 from Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Hull, England, when at 1:50 pm the Koranton was torpedoed by U-98 300 miles (483 km) south of Reykjavik, Iceland, position 58°51'N/22°36'W. The captain, 33 crew members and two gunners lost their lives.
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Page 215 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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