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Son of Samuel William Herbert and Margaret Howe of 6, Poyser Street, Old Bethnal Green, London, England.
On 1 October 1918, the Montfort was making its way from Plymouth Sound, England, to Montreal, Quebec, with convoy OD-128, when it was torpedoed and sunk, in position 48°00'N/10°20'W, by U-55 170 miles (274 km) west of Bishop Rock, a rock at the western end of the Sorling Islands, south-west of England, in the Celtic Sea. Five people were killed in the attack.
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Fireman Herbert
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Fireman Herbert
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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