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Son of John Sylvester Reid and Ellen McDonald from Douglastown, New Brunswick.
On 25 December 1939, at 8:34 am, the Stanholme hit a mine laid by U-33 and sank off Foreland Point in the Bristol Channel, England, position 51°20'N/03°39'W. Of her crew, 13 sailors lost their lives. The captain and 11 crew members were rescued by the Norwegian cargo ship Liv, which landed them in Cardiff, Wales.
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 217 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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