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Norman Carter

Rank: Private

Service No: CH/20284

Date of Death: 25/01/1917

Age: 18

Regiment: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Service: H.M.S. Laurentic

Panel Reference: Panel 25

Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Additional Information:

Son of Lewis and Eliza Carter, of Slant Gate, Kirkburton, Huddersfield.


 

HMS Laurentic

RMS Laurentic

RMS Laurentic was a White Star Lines liner built in 1908 for transatlantic voyages. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty as a troop carrier, and then converted into an armed merchant cruiser. On 25th January 1917 she struck a mine laid by the German submarine U-80, off Lough Swilly on the northern coast of County Donegal, Ireland. She was heading for Canada carrying 43 tonnes of gold to pay for munitions. Accounts of the number of casualties varies, but the Admiralty reported a loss of 347 lives out of a reported complement of 722 men aboard.

Fahon Churchyard, Donegal

HMS Laurentic memorial at St. Mura’s Church, Fahon, Donegal

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