Service Details
Name:
 TAYLOR
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Rank:
 Carpenter
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Justitia (London)
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Date of Death:
 1940-11-22
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Age:
 50
Cause of Death:
 At 00.18 hours on 23 Nov 1940 the Justitia (Master David L. Davies) in convoy SC-11 was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-100 and sank about 160 miles west of Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal. The master and 12 crew members were lost. 25 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMS Enchantress (L 56) (Cdr A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, RN) and landed at Liverpool.
Additional
Information:
Son of John Taylor, of Witbank. Born Lossiemouth, Scotland. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 London
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Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 59.

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