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Military service
Age:
34
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Commonwealth (Cardiff, Wales) (106805)
Birth:
January 1, 1884
Québec
Death:
February 19, 1918
North Sea
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On 1 February 1918, the SS Commonwealth left the port of Bini Saf, Algeria, for Middlesbrough, England. On the 19th, she was torpedoed by UC-71 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, England. The ship sank in three or four minutes with 14 crew members. Five survivors were recovered and landed at Filey on the 20th.
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Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Able Seaman Fagnant
Digital gallery of
Able Seaman Fagnant
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 26 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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