Service Details
Name:
 WILLIAMS
Given Name:
 JAMES GERALD
Initials:
 J G
Rank:
 Fireman and Trimmer
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 S.S. Empire Blanda (London)
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Date of Death:
 1941-02-18
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Whilst operating with Convoy HX-107 was torpedoed and sunk by U-69. En route Halifax for Grangemouth
Additional
Information:
Son of John Andrew Williams, and of Sophia Margaret Cathrine Williams, of Lansdowne, Cape Province, South Africa.
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 38.

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