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Chef William Jonathan Williams

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Military service

Age: 65
Rank: Chef
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: HMT Royal Edward (Toronto, Ontario) (125656)
Birth: January 1, 1850 Monmouth
Death: August 13, 1915 Aegean Sea

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TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Son of William and Mary Williams. Husband of Annie Mary Ryan of 27, Cowper Street, Bootle, Lancashire, England.

Requisitioned by the British Admiralty, SS Royal Edward became HMT Royal Edward and was converted into a troop transport. While en route to Gallipoli, Turkey, with about 1,335 British troops, she was torpedoed by UB-14 6 miles (9.5 km) west of the Aegean Island of Kandeloussa and sank with 866 men, position 36°31'N/25°51'E.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 74 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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TOWER HILL MEMORIAL London, United Kingdom

THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Joseph Goodwin
Fireman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Henry Smith
Trimmer
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Howard Body
Writer
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Philpot
Fireman and Trimmer
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Piesse
Chief Steward
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Pirata
Fireman and Trimmer
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Poirier
Seaman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Pouliet
Second Cook
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Power
Assistant Steward
Canadian Merchant Navy
Joseph Whelan
Waiter
Canadian Merchant Navy
Juan Carranca
Pantryman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Karl Frykman
Able Seaman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Karl Steinberg
Donkeyman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Kenneth Bell
Greaser
Canadian Merchant Navy
Kenneth John MacAskill
Boatswain
Canadian Merchant Navy
Kenneth John Thomas Goddard
Seaman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Leo Hawcko
Fireman
Canadian Merchant Navy
Leonard Duffner
Assistant Steward
Canadian Merchant Navy
Leslie Carman Sharpe
Assistant Steward
Canadian Merchant Navy
Leslie Mathsal Ranee
Cook
Canadian Merchant Navy
Louis Gordon Markland
Second Engineer
Canadian Merchant Navy

 

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