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In memory of:

Third Radio Officer George Barry Neville Bewley

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Military service

Age: 18
Rank: Third Radio Officer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Eulima (London, England) (165402)
Birth: Montreal, Québec
Death: February 23, 1943

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 23.
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Son of John Bewley of 38, Primrose Street, Bangor,Northern Ireland.

On February 23, 1943, the Eulima was sailing with convoy ON-166 when she was hit by a torpedo launched from U-186 at about 7:40 a.m., about 310 miles (500 km) south of Cape Race, Newfoundland. At 11:30 a.m., the wreck was sunk by a coup de grace from the submarine, position 46°48'N/36°18'W. The captain, 52 crew members and nine gunners lost their lives. The only survivor was taken prisoner and interned in Bremen, Germany, until the end of the war.

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 95 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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