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Apprentice James Taylor

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Military service

Age: 19
Rank: Apprentice
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: MV Lady Glanely (Cardiff, Wales) (162129)
Birth: May 15, 1921 Regina, Saskatchewan
Death: December 2, 1940 North Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 17.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Taylor, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

On 2 December 1940, Lady Glanely made the route Vancouver, British Columbia, Panama, Bermuda, London, England, with convoy HX-90. At 5:07 am, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-101 410 miles (660 km) west of Bloody Foreland, Ireland, position 55°00'N/20°00'W. The entire crew of 32 sailors, including the captain and one gunner lost their lives.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 238 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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