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Son of Edwin Wilding and Amy Christina Jarrett from London, England.
During the First World War, Albert Edwin served as private with the Rifle Brigade, 1st Company, British Army, regimental number 4313, from 13 October 1914 to 1918.
On 21 November 1940, she left New York, USA, with convoy HX-90 bound for Liverpool, England. On 2 December, at 4:09 am, while pulling astern due to mechanical problems, she was torpedoed by U-47 south of Iceland and sank with her 54 crew members and one passenger, position 54°51'N/19°15'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 248 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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