Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Bennett
In memory of:
Fireman and Trimmer John Bennett
January 10, 1942
Military Service
23
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Baropn Erskine (Ardrossan, Scotland) (161809)
Additional Information
Husband of Rose Bennett.
On January 6, 1942, the Baron Erskine was on route from Tampa, Florida, USA, to Garston, England, when she was torpedoed at 4:27 p.m. by U-701 360 miles (580 km) east-southeast of Cape Farevwell, south of Greenland, position 57°27'N/32°36'W. The captain, his crew of 33 men and seven gunners survived the attack and were interrogated by the Germans, but these castaways were never seen again.
Commemorated on Page 257 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom
Panel 14.
THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.
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