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Military service
Age:
44
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Henry R. James (Bristol, England) (127066)
Birth:
January 1, 1873
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
July 16, 1917
English Channel
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Husband of Mrs. Murphy of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On 16 June 1917, the Henry R. James was en route to Middlesbrough, England, when she was torpedoed and sunk by UC-48 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Batz Island, Brittany, France, position 48°49'N/03°46'W. 24 lives were lost.
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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) -
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)
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Fireman John Murphy
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Fireman John Murphy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 52 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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