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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Eston (London, England) (143913)
Birth:
January 1, 1903
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
January 28, 1940
North Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 17.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Green Orton and Louisa Annie Taylor of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Brother of W.H. Orton, Darmouth, Nova Scotia.
On 28 January 1940, the Eston was away from convoy FN-81 when she hit a mine laid on 20 December 1939 by U-22 off Blyth, England, in the North Sea. The Eston sank with her captain and 17 crew members, position 55°03'N/01°24'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 204 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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