Military service
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During the First World War, he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Springboig, Shettleston, Scotland. He was only 15 years and 3 months old.
On 26 March 1941, north-west of the Scottish coast, the Empire Mermaid was torpedoed by German aircraft and bombed on 27 March in position 58°36'N/10°00'W, killing 19 sailors and injuring 4 others. She sank on 28 in the North Atlantic, position 57°33'N/12°43'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 222 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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