Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Israel Plowman
In memory of:
Able Seaman Israel Plowman
November 1, 1940
North Atlantic
Military Service
39
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Empire Bison (London, England) (167628)
Additional Information
January 1, 1901
Brigus, Newfoundland and Labrador
He sometimes signed his name Ploughman.
Son of William Plowman and Mary Ann Clarke from Brigus, Newfoundland. Husband of Elizabeth Plowman from Brigus.
On 1 November 1940, it sailed with convoy HX-82, which had set sail for the Clyde in Scotland. Since 23 October, the Empire Bison had been lagging behind due to bad weather. At 07:06 am on 1 November, the U-124 torpedoed her 200 miles (322 km) west of Rockall between Ireland and Iceland, and she sank in less than a minute in position 59°30'N/17°40'W. The captain, 29 crew members, 7 passengers and a gunner lost their lives. The four survivors were rescued on 5 November by the British merchant ship Olga S., which landed them in Gourock, Scotland.
Commemorated on Page 212 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HALIFAX MEMORIAL
Nova Scotia, Canada
Panel 17.
The HALIFAX MEMORIAL in Nova Scotia's capital, erected in Point Pleasant Park, is one of the few tangible reminders of the men who died at sea. Twenty-four ships were lost by the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War and nearly 2,000 members of the RCN lost their lives. This Memorial was erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and was unveiled in November 1967 with naval ceremony by H.P. MacKeen, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, in the presence of R. Teillet, then Minister of Veterans Affairs. The monument is a great granite Cross of Sacrifice over 12 metres high, clearly visible to all ships approaching Halifax. The cross is mounted on a large podium bearing 23 bronze panels upon which are inscribed the names of over 3,000 Canadian men and women who were buried at sea. The dedicatory inscription, in French and English, reads as follows:
1918-1945
IN THE HONOUR OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE NAVY
ARMY AND MERCHANT NAVY
OF CANADA
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCRIBED HERE
THEIR GRAVES ARE UNKNOWN
BUT THEIR MEMORY
SHALL ENDURE.
On June 19, 2003, the Government of Canada designated September 3rd of each year as a day to acknowledge the contribution of Merchant Navy Veterans.
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Memorial – These memorial plaques at St-George's Anglican Church, Brigus, NL are dedicated to Pte. William W. Bartlett, Sergeant Frank Jerrett and Israel M. Plowman. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN LOVING MEMORY OF PTE. WILLIAM W. BARTLETT NO. 270 B. CO. FIRST N.F.L.D. REGIMENT SON OF JOSEPH AND THE LATE MARY A. BARTLETT WOUNDED IN FRANCE MARCH 2, ADMITTED FIRST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL ROUEN FRANCE, DIED MARCH 19, 1917 AGED 20 YEARS. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. IN LOVING MEMORY OF SERGEANT FRANK JERRETT OF THE 1ST NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT SON OF F.G. AND J.E. JERRETT WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON THE BATTLE FIELDS OF FRANCE OCT. 12TH 1916 AGED 22 HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED IN DEC. BY AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER AND GIVEN CHRISTIAN BURIAL THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS AND FAMILY TO A LOVED SON AND BROTHER "LORD ALL PITYING, JESUS BLESS GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST" DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ISRAEL M. PLOWMAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE WHILE SERVING IN HIS MAJESTY’S MERCHANT NAVY, NOV. 1ST 1940 AGED 39 YEARS. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=5153
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