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John Spalding

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S.S. Saint Hugo, image courtesy of wrecksite.eu

Military Information

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  • Rank: Fireman
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  • Regiment/Service: S.S. Saint Hugo
  • Unit/Ship: Mercantile Marine
  • Place of Death: Long Island Cottage Hospital, New York
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  • Date of Death: 03.01.1918
  • Burial Country: New York, USA
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Personal Information

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  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address: 54 Collyer St, Belfast
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More about John Spalding

John Spalding was born in Dundee and lived at 54 Collyer Street in Belfast. In 1915 he served onboard the Penzance registered SS Cornubia in the coastal trade joining in Cork and leaving Liverpool. Deaths at Sea states that he died in a New York Hospital from cerebral spinal meningitis whilst serving onboard the Saint Hugo.

Prior to serving in the Merchant Marine James served with the Royal Scots Greys before transferring to the Royal Irish Rifles. The S.S. Saint Hugo was built by Archibald McMillan & Son, Dumbarton, and launched 15.06.1912, she was torpedoed and sunk in 1942.

There is no record of this man on C.W.G.C. site.

Information kindly supplied by Janice Bell.

Further information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie

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