In Memory Of
PATON, JOHN FEARN
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Steering Engineer
Unit:
S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool)
Regiment:
Mercantile Marine
Date of Death:
1915-05-07
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
Commemoration
Cemetery:
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
London
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of John Fearn and Selina Paton. Born Buenos Aires, Argentina. Commemoration stone in Port Elizabeth (South End) Cemetery, Eastern Cape
