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Gnr. Thomas McKenna Ritchie
Royal Navy HMS Biter
from:Glasgow
My father, Thomas Ritchie and grandfather Colin Ritchie, were both crewmen on S.S. Athenia when she was torpedoed September 3rd 1939. My father
subsequently served on HMS Biter and other various ships. My Grandfather
served in the First World War, I think in the Argyll & Sutherland Reg.
He did not talk too much about what happened, but I think he was captured
at some time by the Germans.