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In memory of:

Steward Edward Patrick Quigley

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Military service

Rank: Steward
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: FV Elisabeth Marie (France)
Birth: Newfoundland & Labrador
Death: February 14, 1941 North Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 19.
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Son of Mrs. L. Quigley, of St. John's, Newfoundland.

On 14 February 1941, the British patrol boat Elisabeth Marie was sailing with convoy SC-21 and trailing from astern when she was pursued by German Luftwaffe aircraft. She was bombed and sunk in position 54°58'N/12°30'W. Only Quigley was killed. The 24 survivors were rescued by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Ottawa (H60).

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 215 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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