Military service
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In the First World War he served as a Sergeant Major in the Scottish Horse of the British Army. On March 6, 1919, during the armed conflict in Northern Ireland from 1919-1921, he was sent there as a sapper with the Railway Troops of Royal Engineers, regimental number WR-151619.
On May 14, 1940, the Ville de Bruges was transporting European refugees to New York when it was bombed and set on fire by a German aircraft off the Scheldt river near Doel, Belgium. Several passengers and crew perished. The captain had no choice but to beach his burning ship, which was demolished in 1952.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 127 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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