George Edward Sheppard

Killed serving as a gunner on the SS Empire Sun a Sea Hurricane aircraft catapult armed merchant cargo ship which was built by Short Brothers Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 10
April 1941 and completed in June 1941. Torpedoed on 7 February 1942 and sunk by U-751 south of Halifax, Nova Scotia with the loss of 11 crewmembers. No CAM aircraft were provided during January and February 1942 after it proved impossible to maintain the catapult-mounted aircraft in flying order during the North Atlantic winter. Royal Navy personnel on merchant ships were listed under their pay service bases.
Also lost:
Andrew Miller First Radio Officer Merchant Navy
John Mulligan Fireman Merchant Navy
James Cullen Fireman Merchant Navy
Percival Davies Fireman Merchant Navy
Lloyd Evans Master Merchant Navy
John McGinty Donkey man Merchant Navy
James Hill Donkey man Merchant Navy
Robert Khan Ordinary Seaman Merchant Navy, all named on the Tower Hill Memorial
Robert Potter Able Seaman Royal Navy, named on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Gerald Cross Aircraftman 2nd Class RAF maintenance party, named on the Ottawa Memorial.

U-751 sank 6 ships between June 41 and May 42. After serving six operational patrols, U-751 was attacked on her seventh patrol, four days into her voyage on July 17. She was sunk, with all 48 hands, off the coast of Cape Ortegal, Spain by depth charges from a Lancaster of 61 Sqn on lone to Costal Command and a Whitley of 502 Sqn, both out of RAF St Eval.