Service Details
Name:
PATON
Given Name:
JOHN FEARN
Initials:
J F
Rank:
Steering Engineer
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Regiment:
Mercantile Marine
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Unit:
S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool)
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Date of Death:
1915-05-07
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Age:
26
Cause of Death:
Died in ship loss, the German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished
Additional
Information:
Son of John Fearn and Selina Paton. Born Buenos Aires, Argentina. Commemoration stone in Port Elizabeth (South End) Cemetery, Eastern Cape
Commemoration
Country:
United Kingdom
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Locality:
London
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Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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