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Son of William Joseph Grist and Edith May Camp of Port Colborne, Ontario. In the First World War, William Joseph served in the British Army as a private in the Norfolk Regiment, regimental number 31004, and fought in France. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
The Ringstad sailed with convoy ON-55. After several days of bad weather, she was trailing astern when she was torpedoed at 3.25 pm on 24 January 1942 by U-333 85 miles (137 km) south-east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and sank in twenty minutes by the bow, in position 45°50'N/51°04'W. Of the three lifeboats, only one was found five days later by the American destroyer USS Swanson (DD-443), which landed the twelve shipwrecked sailors in Reykjavik, Iceland. However, 30 sailors were still missing.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 147 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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