Seaman Orley William Morning

Son of William John Morning and Flossie Luella Terry of Aurora, Ontario. During the First World War, William was conscripted into the Canadian Army and enlisted on 22 May 1918, service number 3039183, with the 1st Central Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Sent to England, he never saw action. He was demobilized on 7 August 1919 in Toronto, Ontario.

On 11 October 1942, at 7:59 pm, U-615 opened fire by sending two torpedoes towards the El Lago, which was sailing with convoy ONS-136 442 miles (711 km) east-north-east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic. The stern sank immediately and the bow sank a few minutes later in position 51°03'N/46°15'W. Of the 39 crew members, 14 defenders and six merchant seamen repatriated following the sinking, the captain and an engineer survived and were made prisoners of war.