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KEITH H

KEITH H Report 13 Dec 2007 07:03

killed at sea

KEITH H

KEITH H Report 13 Dec 2007 07:05

ive found 4 from 1 family

KEITH H

KEITH H Report 13 Dec 2007 07:11

AM GOING TO PUT MINE UP LATER ITS A BIT BAD

Jan

Jan Report 13 Dec 2007 07:19

found 1 so far

Camille

Camille Report 13 Dec 2007 07:22

3 on the Ark Royal

KEITH H

KEITH H Report 13 Dec 2007 07:28

its a sad way to die

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 13 Dec 2007 07:30

Dad's side of the family were mariners and fishermen so I have quite a few "Lost at Sea".

Gwynne

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Easter Bunny

Easter Bunny Report 13 Dec 2007 08:57

Keith,I found one who drowned when he struck his head as he was being lowered into a well (don't know why)
his son drowned when he took a dog out in a boat to drown it,the dog put up a fight and upturned the boat --dog swam back to shore--he didn't

and his son was drowned when his ship was torpedoed

I've never liked the sea lol
Bunny x

♥♥Skeggy Girl♥♥

♥♥Skeggy Girl♥♥ Report 13 Dec 2007 09:46

gg grandad commited suicied by jumpin in the river trent if that counts..xxx

Patricia

Patricia Report 13 Dec 2007 11:13

I have One killed at Battle of Jutland on Indefatigable. stoker... and his son was killed in WW2 on HSM Stanley also a Stoker.....
Thank goodness my dad came through ww2 in the navy..

Pat

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 13 Dec 2007 11:43

Don't know if this counts?
2 on H.m.s. Edgar 1711 when it caught fire and sunk in the solent and one on H.m.s.Lyon 1723 all brothers
aged 14,17,23.

Researching:
For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

★♥*¨¨*Little Ann*¨¨*♥★

★♥*¨¨*Little Ann*¨¨*♥★ Report 13 Dec 2007 14:10

Yes a couple, one died on board HMS Amphion the first Royal Navy Ship to be sunk in WWI, 6th August 1914

covlass

covlass Report 13 Dec 2007 14:36

Lost at sea
Cpl R A Lucas DSM was killed in action while flying in Curtiss H-12 8677, from Felixstowe,, on 25 April 1918. the Curtiss was shot down in an action

Researching:
Foxon, Brentnall, Malin, Gutteridge, Lucas Coventry

Meryl

Meryl Report 13 Dec 2007 14:38

Yes I have a great uncle lost at sea from the Melita 1923, he was only 22. I am looking for more information about it at the moment.
Great grandad was a ships greaser and was adrift at sea in an open boat for several days after their ship caught fire. He suffered frostbite but survived. I am looking for the ship and year as I have no idea?

Researching:
Long, Rainford, (Merseyside/Wales/Ireland) Cunningham, Hally, (Tipperary Ireland)

SamInKent

SamInKent Report 13 Dec 2007 14:40

yep got a few WW1 mostly

but also found a BORN at sea !?


Sam

Researching:
Pringle,Glass,Skelton.Shergold,Kibble,Payne

RStar

RStar Report 13 Dec 2007 16:03

Yes!! My great grandad was a naval captain who was killed at sea in the late 1920's. Aleksander Krilovs.

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 13 Dec 2007 17:12

yes but only one up to now

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Sally Moonchild

Sally Moonchild Report 13 Dec 2007 18:28

Those stories are really sad, all of mine returned home.....Grandad in WW1, and three sons in WWII and one son-in-law all returned home safely, plus the 2 soldiers....

Uncle Sam ended up in the water twice when his ship was sunk under him - I think he was in the Russian convoys.....but he was born with a cowl and that is why they say he survived....

It is so sad to hear of the others who did not come through though, especially children.....all those tears....

GI YID

GI YID Report 13 Dec 2007 18:53

my g grandfather's brother was a fisherman, while out in his boat in Aligator Creek, Aus he went overboard and was attacked by.........an aligator....
he lost his leg............
Sometime later the one-legged fisherman disappeared while out in his boat...............only for his body to be washed up ashore much further down stream........

Glynisxxx

(`•¿•`) Loopy § Lady Ŀindy (`•¿-`)

(`•¿•`) Loopy § Lady Ŀindy (`•¿-`) Report 13 Dec 2007 18:58

Hi, Hoff

How are you, today?

During WWII, the family, including his twin sister, were told that my mother's cousin had committed suicide by jumping overboard. It was only recently that we found he did not. His ship was torpedoed with the loss of many hands.

As you can imagine, his twin took this news particularly hard.

Why do people make up such stories, which upset more than the truth?

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