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KEITH H

KEITH H Report 13 Dec 2007 19:04

my great great grandparents George Rodney Johnson and Sarah Vlaughn lost four grandsons at one time on a schooner called the 'Bessie A. Crooks', which was lost on January 26th, 1917 in the Gulf of Pernambuco, Brazil

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 13 Dec 2007 23:26

OH's g. gparents lost their youngest 1.11.1914 in battle off Chile he was 18 yrs. Their son-in-law 1.1.1915 off Portland Bill (his wife was pregnant with their first child).

Know the following were not kia at sea but a dreadful tragedy for parents as

Another son died travelling on Titanic1912 another 16yr old died in RN of meningitis after enlisting 6 mths prior as 18 yrs in 1907, eldest son died 1915, second eldest 1919 and their father died in 1916.

They had seven sons and the mother lost 5 of them in less than 12 years and buried her husband as well.

Mine in WW2 my grandad went down with his ship entering the Thames Estuary - his brother 6 weeks later in the Irish Sea. Coming from a mariners of many ancestors I usually am surprised with my lot when I find they have been buried on dry land!

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 14 Dec 2007 07:00

WW1
HMS CLAN MCNAUGHTON
ALL CREW 16,
NOT FINISHED TRAINING
SHIP BADLY REFITTED
TRUTH NOT KNOWN
HENRY MANSFIELD
AGE 16
I HAVE HIS MEDAL

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

skwirrel 1

skwirrel 1 Report 14 Dec 2007 10:04

Lost 1 in ww2 on a ship


skwirrel

Darl from the land down under

Darl from the land down under Report 14 Dec 2007 10:55

My mothers cousin was on board HMAS Sydney, torpedoed in the Indian Ocean 1942 - no survivors
Darlene

madammorg

madammorg Report 15 Dec 2007 09:01

most of my ancesters were seamen of some sort
and i cannot find alot of their deaths.
i assume that they were lost at sea (or i am not looking hard enough in the g r o!
tina x

Researching:
abba - scarborough, appleby - scarborough, atkinson- scarborough, bradley - bulmer, bourne - maldon, braithwaite - lepton, burnett - thornton dale, dawson - whitby, dixon - fylingdales, harrison - scarborough, hogg - scarborough, hugill - danby/slingsby, hunter - hackness, husband - filey, otterburn - appleton le moors, stamp - whitby, thompson - scarborough,

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 15 Dec 2007 09:22

Great Grandad was iin HMS Recruit when it was wrecked off Cowes, he then transferred to HMS Havock and 2 days later that colided with HMS Starfish...he survived both incidents but couldn't understand why other sailors didn't want to be in the same ship as him!

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