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Military service
Age:
65
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Ottokar (London, England) (136822)
Birth:
January 1, 1852
Québec
Death:
December 11, 1917
North Sea
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Son of James and Jane Ray, Husband of Ada A. Measer of 358, South Eldon Street, South Shields, Durham, England. Father of Ada Mary, Jane Miriam, Peter and Lillie Ray.
On 11 December 1917, the Ottokar was torpedoed by either UB-22 or UB-38 off Whitby, England, in the North Sea. All 20 crew members perished.
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Commemorated on:
Page 61 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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