IN LOVING MEMORY OF:

John Charles Doherty 03-Oct-18


First Name: John Charles
Last Name:Doherty
Rank: Able Seaman
Regiment: Mercantile Marines
Military Number:
Place of Birth:Galway
Place of Death:SS Eupion
Date of Death:03-Oct-18
Age:23
Additional Information:

Killed in Action:  Death: 3 October 1918. Age 23.

Supplementary Notes:  Drowned as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine.

Son of Mary Doherty and the late Patrick Doherty; husband of Catherine Doherty (nee Maguire) of 67 Regent Street, Liverpool.

Born: Galway.

Remembered: Tower Hill Memorial — London — United Kingdom.

EUPION SS was a British steam powered tanker of 3,575grt. On the 3rd October 1918 when on route from Philadelphia for Limerick, Ireland she was torpedoed by German submarine UB-123 and sunk when 10 miles W from Loop Head, R. Shannon. Owner British Tanker Co, London.

DOHERTY, JOHN CHARLES (23), seaman, SS Eupion, Mercantile Marine, †03/10/1918, Son of Mary and the late Patrick Doherty; husband of Catherine Doherty (nee Maguire), of 67, Regent St., Liverpool. Born at Galway, Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial


Mercantile Marines

Mercantile Marines

SS Eupion

SS Eupion

SS Eupion in colour

SS Eupion in colour

Tower Hill Memorial-London-United Kingdom. ()

Tower Hill Memorial-London-United Kingdom.()