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Fireman Hugh Tansey

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Military service

Age: 24
Rank: Fireman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Miniota (London, England) (135311)
Birth: April 10, 1893 Liverpool, England
Death: August 31, 1917 English Channel

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 3
Additional information
Son of Thomas Patrick Tansey and Juliet Welsh from Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Husband of Mary O’Brien of 8, Strickland Street, Liverpool. Father of Julia Tansey.

On 31 August 1917, Miniota was torpedoed by U-19 30 miles (48 km) south-east of Start Point, England, and north-west of Saint Peter Port, island of Guernsey, position 49°50'N/03°00'W. Remaining afloat, it was towed by HMS Sandfly (H87) before sinking by the bow. Four sailors lost their lives in the attack.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 69 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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