Private Alfred Renyard
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1893-04-12
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1918-06-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Halifax Memorial, Panel 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 524579
Highest Rank:
Private
Rank detail
Private (Army).
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
598341
Service file: B8199-S036
Uploader's Notes: Son of William and Mary Renyard, of Lymington, Hants, England; Husband of Susan Renyard.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.
Uploader's Research notes: []
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2005-04-08
Last modified: 2013-07-20