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This memorial plaque is at the National memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

The names below are those who perished when the ship was sank by U Boat U-764 in the English Channel on the 20th August 1944

CAHOON, Robert, Fireman, Merchant Navy on Steam Ship, Coral (Glasgow) died at sea 20th August 1944 aged 28. Son of John and Martha Cahoon; husband of Jennie Cahoon, of Carnlough, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London

KENNEDY, John Robert, Fireman, Merchant Navy on Steam Ship, Coral (Glasgow) died at sea 20th August 1944 aged 19.Son of Thomas James Kennedy, and of Sarah Kennedy, of Scotswood, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London.

MILLIGAN, Thomas Hardwyre, Boatswain, (Bosun), Merchant Navy on Steam Ship, Coral (Glasgow) died at sea 20th August 1944 aged 64. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London

NICOLSON, Norman John, Able Seaman, Merchant Navy on Steam Ship, Coral (Glasgow) died at sea 20th August 1944 aged 23. Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London

WARREN, Ivor George, Able Seaman, D/JX339509 Royal Navy of H.M.S. President III. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devonshire

WATSON Arthur George. Sapper 14683123, (Stores) 905 Stevedore Coy. Royal Engineers. Born 1907 to Edwin and Annie Watson. Husband of Phyllis Dorcas Watson, nee Priddey of Droitwich, Worcestershire. Killed at sea 28 August 1944 aged 37 At rest on of near to SS Coral. Commemorated on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Surrey.

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