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Second Officer WILLIAM NEWBY WHINCOP

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Thorold (Montreal)

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY

Sec. S. Grave 8772.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Shields Whincop and Eleanor Whincop, of South Shields.
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Buried or commemorated at

SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 444
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