Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Alexander Miller Smith
In memory of:
Fireman Alexander Miller Smith
April 13, 1917
North Atlantic
Military Service
41
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Argyll Newport, England) (144403)
Additional Information
January 1, 1876
Quebec
Son of William Smith and Eliza Sweeney of 24, Waldron Court, Browery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
On 13 April 1917, the Argyll was en route from Port Kelah, Algeria, to Middlesbrough, England, when she was torpedoed 110 miles (177 km) west of Bishop Rock in the North Atlantic, and sank in position 49°23'N/09°07'W. The attack cost the lives of 22 sailors. The captain survived.
Commemorated on Page 65 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
N/A
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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