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Able Sea. Michael Whitfield
Merchant Navy SS Black Osprey
(d.18th February 1941)
My uncle, Able Seaman Michael Whitfield, served on SS Black Osprey when it was torpedoed (by U-boat U96) and lost at sea. He has a memorial stone in Whitely Bay cemetery near St Mary's lighthouse. He is also commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 17.