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The CWGC record Fireman Hugh A Laverty as the son of Bernard and Margaret Laverty of Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. |
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Fireman Hugh Laverty has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 20 of the Tower Hill Memorial in London. |
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Three crew members were lost in the attack. Fireman Hugh Laverty was one of those killed. |
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Four hours later, the captain of HMS Petunia, Lieutenant Commander G V Legassisk, ordered the crew to abandon ship, even though the captain of the British Gunner reported that his ship could be towed to port. |
| 24/02/2020 |
At 06.24 hours on 24th February 1941 the British Gunner, in convoy OB-289 travelling from Swansea to Aruba in Venezuela, was hit by a single torpedo from a U-boat 273 miles north-west of Cape Wrath, off the north coast of Scotland. |
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By June 1941, he was serving as a fireman on the merchant ship S.S. British Gunner. A fireman was a stoker in the engine room. |
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Hugh Laverty was with the Merchant Navy in World War Two. |
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There was a Hugh Laverty born on 10th December 1917 in the Benburb area, whose mother’s maiden name was Carlin. However, no marriage record can be found on GRONI from that time regarding a Laverty and Carlin, so it can be confirmed that it is the same Hugh Laverty. |
| 24/02/2020 |
Hugh Laverty was the son of Bernard and Margaret Laverty. Hugh Laverty was born about 1919. |
