Samuel Wilson

Sources: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Name: Samuel Wilson Rank: Fireman Service: SS Henry Mory (Swansea, Wales) Canadian Merchant Navy Date of Birth: January 1, 1921 Place of Birth: Nova Scotia Date of Death: April 26, 1941 Age: 20 Memorial: Halifax Memorial, Halifax, Nova Scotia Reference: 19 Commemorated on Page 251 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 17, October 14, and December 19 Samuel was serving as Fireman on the SS Henri Mory when the ship was hit on the starboard side in the after end of the engine room by one torpedo from U-110 while steaming on a non-evasive course at 4 knots in fine and clear weather about 330 miles west-northwest of Blasket Islands, Ireland. The Henri Mory sank in less than four minutes and only a few survivors managed to escape the suction of the sinking ship. The master, 25 crew members and two gunners were lost. There were four survivors. The ship had been dispersed from convoy SL-68 on March 21, 1941, went to Bermuda and then proceeded independently to the UK because the vessel was too slow to join a transatlantic convoy. Samuel Wilson is listed on the Halifax Memorial in Halifax, Nova Scotia.