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Military service
Age:
32
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Turino (London, England) (136714)
Birth:
January 1, 1885
Alberta
Death:
February 4, 1917
North Atlantic
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Son of Mr and Mrs Robert Washington. Husband of Emily Elizabeth Hargrove of 339 Litherland Rd, Bootle, Lancashire, England. Adoptive father of William Henry, Lily and Horace Baldwin Millet, children of Emily's first marriage.
On 4 February 1917, the Turino was en route from Norfolk, Virginia, to Liverpool, Lancashire, England, when she was torpedoed by U-43 and sunk 174 miles (280 km) west of Fastnet Rock, position 50°25'N/13°50'W. Four crew members lost their lives.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens)
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Fireman George Washington
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Fireman George Washington
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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