Steamer SS Thorold, 1,89grt, (Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co.) had been sailing from Cardiff to London with a cargo of coal. On the 22nd August the ship was attacked and sunk by German aircraft South of the Smalls in position 51' 41N 05' 40W. 10 of her 24 crew killed.

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BAKER, Able Seaman, ERNEST THOMAS, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 26. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Baker; husband of Joan Roberta Baker, of Whitchurch, Glamorgan.

BOTSFORD, Able Seaman, GUY LYMAN, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 26. Son of Guy Lyman Botsford and Nellie Botsford; husband of Madeleine Botsford, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

EMERY, Boatswain, ROBERT ALEXANDER, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 32.

FREEMAN, Radio Officer, JOHN, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 19. Son of John Henry and Jessica Louisa Freeman, of Coryton, Essex.

GLASS, Chief Engineer Officer, HUGH SUNDERLAND, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd Au-gust 1940. Age 55. Son of Robert Sutherland Glass and Mary Ellen Glass.

MUSCAT, Fireman, CORONATO, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 25. Son of Saviour Muscat, and of Angela Muscat, of Nadur, Gozo, Malta, G.C.

PACE, Fireman, JOSEPH, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 32.

Commemorated Halifax, NS Memorial

GOSSE, Able Seaman, TIMOTHY, SS Thorold (Montreal). Canadian Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940.

Buried ashore

JACKSON, Master, HENRY INGRAM, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 37. Husband of Lily Jackson, of Norton, Malton. Buried New Malton Cemetery. Grave 4674.

WHINCOP, Second Officer, WILLIAM NEWBY, S.S. Thorold (Montreal). Merchant Navy. 22nd August 1940. Age 27. Son of William Shields Whincop and Eleanor Whincop, of South Shields. Buried South Shields (Harton) Cemetery Sec. S. Grave 8772.