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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Peter John Tibbo

In memory of:

Seaman Peter John Tibbo

April 30, 1917
North Atlantic

Military Service


Age:

20

Force:

Merchant Navy

Unit:

Canadian Merchant Navy

Division:

S.S. Horsa (West Hartlepool, England) (102709)

Additional Information


Born:

April 10, 1897
Harbour Breton, Newfoundland and Labrador

Son of Peter Tibbo and Charity Strickland Roberts from Harbour Breton, Fortune Bay, Newfoundland.

On 30 April 1917, the Horsa was en route from Port Breira, Algeria, to Cardiff, Wales, when she was torpedoed by U-93 195 miles (314 km) west-south-west of Fastnet Rock lighthouse, south-east of Ireland, position 48°43'N/12°35'W. Eleven sailors lost their lives, including the captain, and one gunner was taken prisoner of war.

Commemorated on Page 70 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

THE TOWER HILL MEMORIAL stands on the South side of the garden of Trinity Square, a hundred yards East of Mark Lane Station, and just within the boundaries of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney and the Liberty of the Tower. It is at the hub of maritime England. Behind it are Trinity House and the offices of the Port of London Authority, and the Thames stretches before it; the wide space of Great Tower Hill, leading down from it to the river, is the traditional forum of merchant seamen and their fellow workers. Lloyd's is on the North, the Custom House and Billingsgate Market are near it on the West, and beyond the Tower, Eastwards, is the long line of the Docks the greatest dock system in the world.

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