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Chief Officer Thomas Cotton

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Military service

Age: 51
Rank: Chief Officer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: MV Pink Star (Panama) (5606466)
Birth: March 21, 1890 Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Death: September 19, 1941 North Atlantic

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His full name is Thomas Charles Moore Cotton.


Son of Frank Cotton and Keturah Moore, isle of Wight, England. Husband of Dora Frances Silva, of South Kensington, London, England. Father of Charles Gidfrey and Auriel Camilia Rosaling Frances Cotton.


On 20 September 1941, at 1:51 am, 275 miles (443 km) northeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland, the Pink Star was torpedoed by U-552 and sank immediately, position 61°36'N/35°07'W.

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Page 117 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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