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Military service
Age:
45
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Pomeranian (Glasgow, Scotland) (85193)
Birth:
August 17, 1872
Larne, Antrim
Death:
April 15, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 3.
Additional information
Son of Captain Samuel Brown and Harriett Evans, of Glynn, Larne, Co. Anrim, Northern Ireland.
This steam and sail cargo ship was torpedoed by UC-77 on April 15, 1918, in the English Channel 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Portland Bill, England. A total of 55 people lost their lives.
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Able Seaman William Brown
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Able Seaman William Brown
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 15 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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