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Military service
Age:
39
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Cento (Liverpool, England)
Birth:
January 1, 1878
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 11, 1917
North Atlantic
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On 11 September 1917, Cento was sailing in ballast from Cardiff, Wales, to Queenstown, South Africa, when she was damaged by a torpedo launched from UC-31 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. Two sailors lost their lives, including Richardson.
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Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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