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Military service
Rank:
Chief Radio Officer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
SS Stanwood (London, England) (143082)
Death:
December 10, 1939
English Channel
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On 10 December 1939, the Stanwood's coal cargo caught fire and the ship had to be beached and scuttled. During the manoeuvre at Carrick Roads, near Fairmouth, Cornwall, England, in the English Channel, one sailor lost his life. The ship's refloating failed, but the cargo was recovered.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 263 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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