Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Hugh Tansey
In memory of:
Fireman Hugh Tansey
August 31, 1917
English Channel
Military Service
24
Merchant Navy
Canadian Merchant Navy
S.S. Miniota (London, England) (135311)
Additional Information
April 10, 1893
Liverpool, England
Son of Thomas Patrick Tansey and Juliet Welsh from Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Husband of Mary O’Brien of 8, Strickland Street, Liverpool. Father of Julia Tansey.
On 31 August 1917, Miniota was torpedoed by U-19 30 miles (48 km) south-east of Start Point, England, and north-west of Saint Peter Port, island of Guernsey, position 49°50'N/03°00'W. Remaining afloat, it was towed by HMS Sandfly (H87) before sinking by the bow. Four sailors lost their lives in the attack.
Commemorated on Page 69 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
London, United Kingdom
Panel 3
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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