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 |