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Remembering World War II
Edmund George Scott
Trimmer
SS Toronto City (Bristol, England)
Canadian Merchant Navy
1916
Glace Bay, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia
July 2, 1941
25
Halifax Memorial
Panel 19
Commemorated on Page 150 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on
March 27, August 24 and October 30
Edmund George Scott was the son of Margaret J. Scott, of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. He was the
sister of Margaret Mary Scott (1911-1994).
At 6:25 pm July 1, 1941 the unescorted SS Toronto City was hit in the bow by a torpedo from
enemy submarine U-108 about 500 miles north of the Azores. The ship sank by the bow within three
minutes. The Germans questioned twenty-three survivors on rafts and debris before leaving the area,
but the survivors were never rescued. Thirty-seven crew members, two gunners and three
meteorological office personnel were lost.
The ship had been employed as a weather observation ship in the Atlantic since October of 1940
and was reported missing after sending her last routine weather report at 3:00 pm on July 1.
Edmund George Scott
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